Murad Hemmadi

Toronto

Reporter at The Logic

I cover economic and technology policy for @the_logic | @macleans @cdnzbiz before | [email protected]

Articles

This new test shows the pros and cons of major AI models

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

TORONTO — As tech firms make ever-loftier claims about AI’s capabilities, the Vector Institute has been putting leading models through a barrage of tests to give a clearer picture of what they can really do, and which do it best.
Huawei set to ship new AI chip: Reports

4 days ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

The Chinese tech giant could begin mass fulfillment of orders for its 910C graphics processing unit (GPU) as early as next month, sources told Reuters. They claimed the product matches the performance of Nvidia’s popular H100 chip. (Reuters)
TSMC says no tariff hit yet as chipmaker beats earning expectations

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported net profit of 361.56 billion Taiwanese dollars ($15.4 billion) on 839.25 billion Taiwanese dollars ($35.7 billion) in revenue in the first quarter, up 60.3 per cent and 41.6 per cent year over year, respectively. Both figures exceeded analysts’ consensus estimates as compiled by Visible Alpha. (The Logic)
What Canada’s tech industry really wants from the election

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

TORONTO — The state and future of Canada’s economy amidst U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war is central to this year’s election campaign, and business groups have no shortage of asks and ideas. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism. By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc. containing news, updates, offers or promotions about The Logic Inc.’s products and services.
Nvidia’s Huang meets trade group in Beijing

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker will “unswervingly serve the Chinese market” while complying with U.S. export controls, CEO Jensen Huang told the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, according to state media. (The New York Times) Enter your email to read this article for free By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc.
Nvidia says U.S. will restrict sales of China chips

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

In a regulatory filing, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm said the U.S. government will require it to get federal licenses for exports of its H20 circuits to China and countries subject to U.S. arms embargoes. The chipmaker is forecasting a US$5.5 billion hit in its first-quarter results because of the new restrictions.
Dozens of tech firms now let their AI agents work together on complex tasks

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

TORONTO — Major tech firms are joining forces on a new system that lets their AI agents communicate with each other and work together, a critical step as automated assistants enter the workplace. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism. By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc. containing news, updates, offers or promotions about The Logic Inc.’s products and services.
Cohere launches new multimodal search model

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

The Toronto-based AI startup’s Embed 4 system works in over 100 languages, and can find information in PDFs, graphs and other visuals, in addition to regular text data. It claims the new product is more accurate than OpenAI’s top embedding model on evaluations for multilingual contexts and use cases in finance, healthcare and manufacturing.
Intel sells majority stake in Altera to Silver Lake

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

Private equity firm Silver Lake will buy 51 per cent in a deal that values Altera at US$8.75 billion. The three companies expect the deal to close in the second half of the year. (The Logic) Enter your email to read this article for free By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc. containing news, updates, offers or promotions about The Logic Inc.’s products and services.
Xaba raises US$6M seed extension for AI for robot control

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Murad Hemmadi

Hitachi Ventures led the all-equity round for the Toronto-based startup, while Canadian returning investors included BDC Capital and Hazelview Ventures. Xaba CEO Max Moruzzi said the firm will use the money to grow its 24-person team to 35 staff by the end of the year, develop its technology, and expand it to new sectors.