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The world’s largest technology companies have collectively committed more than $660 billion to build the AI data centers that will power the next decade of artificial intelligence. Yet across Virginia,

Google Cloud Next 2026 Complete Breakdown: TPU v8 Sunfish, Zebrafish, Gemini Enterprise & Marvell Deal

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Meta Broadcom AI Chip Deal 2026: 1 Gigawatt MTIA Deployment, 2NM Process Node, and Hock Tan’s Board Exit

By Carter James | Oplexa Insights April 2026 | 07 Min Read KEY TAKEAWAY Meta has signed a landmark AI chip deal with Broadcom, extending their partnership through 2029. The

Google Doubles Down on Intel: AI Chip Deal & Enterprise Impact 2026

By Carter James | Oplexa Insights April 2026 | 07 Min Read On April 9, 2026, the Google Intel AI chip deal 2026 formalized what may be one of the

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By Mitthan Meena | Oplexa Insights April 2026 | 09 Min Read Introduction: A New Era of Industrial Intelligence On April 7, 2026, the semiconductor world witnessed a tectonic shift.

Broadcom Google TPU Deal 2026: Why the 5-Year Contract Changes Everything

By Mitthan Meena | Oplexa Insights April 2026 | 11 Min Read Five years. One contract. And a message to every chip company in the world: Google is not going

Samsung Memory Chip AI: The $26.9B Quarter That Changes Everything

By Mitthan Meena | Oplexa Insights Mar 2026 | 18 Min Read Everyone is watching NVIDIA. Nobody is watching the company that makes NVIDIA possible. Samsung just delivered what may

AI Inference Cost Crisis 2026: Why Your AI Bill Is Exploding

By Carter James | Oplexa Insights Mar 2026 | 16 Min Read Your AI token costs dropped 280x in two years. Your AI bill went up 320%. Welcome to the

US-China Chip War 2026: How Export Restrictions Are Reshaping the Semiconductor Market

By Carter James | Oplexa Insights Mar 2026 | 12 Min Read The Question Every Semiconductor Strategist Is Asking Right Now For the past four years, the central question in