Increased collaboration with Nvidia Corp. has pushed investor optimism over the AI growth potential for MediaTek Inc. to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

INCREASED collaboration with Nvidia has pushed investor optimism over the artificial intelligence (AI) growth potential for MediaTek to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

According to industry sources, Nvidia and MediaTek are broadening their collaboration to include core chips for Nintendo's Switch 2 gaming consoles, following their partnership in developing AI supercomputer chips.

The supercomputer will cost about $3,000 when it becomes available in May, Nvidia said, and will be available from the company itself as well as some of its manufacturing partners. Huang said Project Digits is a placeholder name, indicating it may change by the time the computer goes on sale.

The Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip demonstrates the successful collaboration between MediaTek and Nvidia, highlighting the strong foundation of mutual trust between both companies, according to MediaTek corporate SVP Jerry Yu.

According to HardwareLuxx, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed during a Q&A that Nvidia is working with MediaTek to create an end-user system on a chip (SoC) based on the just-announced Project Digits mini home-user AI supercomputer. An "end-user system" would presumably mean a mobile chip that could be used in a laptop.

Project Digits is a small box available from Nvidia and “Top Partners” starting at $3000. Add a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, or buy from a partner, and you will likely have the fastest and most complete AI development workstation on the market.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the current best CPU for gaming, launched just a little while ago and its impeccable performance has already caused shortages. AMD says the level of demand is partially down to Intel's launch of the rather underwhelming Arrow Lake.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) (TW:2330) logged October to December quarterly revenue of NT$868.5 billion, or $26 billion, based on MarketWatch's calculations of the company's monthly revenues. That beats a revenue forecast of NT$854 billion, compiled from a FactSet poll of analysts.

Nvidia revealed a $3,000 mini computer for AI developers at CES in Las Vegas this week. TakeAway Points: This week, Nvidia unveiled a $3,000 tiny PC for AI developers. For the time being, it is known as Project Digits and is built around the GB10 Nvidia chip.