Chips

CIO Upside

How AI-Powered Robotics Face Obstacles in Real-World Scenarios

Photo via SweetBunFactory

Nvidia has announced a host of new models, libraries and infrastructure for robotics developers.

2 min read

Photo by vzphotos via iStock

Semiconductors

Nvidia Cashes in on Looser Export Controls

Nvidia says the only way for the US to stay ahead of China in the Great AI Race is to keep selling AI-powering chips to China.

2 min read
Photo by Vishnu Mohanan via Unsplash

Semiconductors

Chipmakers Emerge as Big Winners in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

When it comes to competing on the world’s semiconductor stage, US lawmakers are not content to let the chips fall where they may.

1 min read
Photo via Petr Sznapka/ZUMA Press/Newscom

CIO Upside

Why is the Quantum Race Moving Faster?

“I don’t think we can think of this as business as usual.”

2 min read

Consumer

Soups Heat Up for Campbell’s as Snacks Grow Stale

Photo by Calle Macarone via Unsplash

Snacks now make up around half of the historic soup company’s sales, up from less than a third a decade ago.

1 min read

Photo by Đào Hiếu via Unsplash

CIO Upside

Chipping Away at Big Tech’s Bottom Line

How much trade chaos can enterprises weather?

2 min read
Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photo by Thomas Soellner via iStock

Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

7 min read
Photo by Anthony Quintano via CC BY 2.0

CIO Upside

Meta’s In-House Chips May Conserve Power and Cash

The move could usher in a challenge to the “brute force, high-energy use approach” of GPUs.

2 min read

CIO Upside

Investors are Growing Cautious of the AI Hardware Market

Photo by Andrew Dawes via Unsplash

“The next Nvidia isn’t going to come from the semiconductor side.”

2 min read

International Economics

China Places Export Bans on Raw Materials to US In Trade War Reprisal

Photo by Arthur Wang via Unsplash

Beijing’s move came swiftly in response to the White House’s decision to slap new curbs on exports of vital chip components to China.

2 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.