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Nvidia announced a new compact and affordable "supercomputer" for generative AI development, the Jetson Orin Nano Super. According to Nvidia, the developer kit delivers up to 70 percent more performance and 50 percent higher memory bandwidth compared to its predecessor, partly through software updates while still using the Ampere architecture. The company reduced the price to $249. Nvidia says the Jetson Orin Nano Super targets commercial AI developers, hobbyists, and students looking to develop skills in generative AI, robotics, or computer vision applications. The performance-enhancing software updates will also be available to owners of the previous Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit. Nvidia says the modules in the Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano series will also benefit from these performance improvements.

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Chinese state television reports that China has opened an antitrust investigation into US chipmaker Nvidia. The investigation focuses on Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli networking company Mellanox, which China approved in 2020, marking the latest escalation in the US-China technology conflict. The probe comes after the US recently imposed new restrictions on memory chip sales to China. China responded by banning exports of critical chip materials like germanium and gallium. Nvidia, valued at over $3 trillion, is the world's second most valuable company and the leading supplier of AI chips. The company's stock dropped nearly 2 percent in premarket trading. Both countries are heavily investing in domestic chip production, with the US funding the CHIPS Act and China creating a new $47.5 billion state fund.

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Nvidia has created Fugatto, a new AI-powered music editor that can transform and combine sounds in ways not included in its training data. The system can merge animal sounds with musical instruments—like making trumpets bark or saxophones meow. Beyond these unusual combinations, Fugatto can modify human voices by changing accents and tonal qualities. The tool also offers music editing capabilities, letting users separate vocals from songs, add new instruments, or alter melodies. Nvidia hasn't announced when or if Fugatto will be available to the public.

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