Latest News In AI Chips - Astera Labs and NVIDIA Boost AI Infrastructure Connectivity

Astera Labs has expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance the NVLink Fusion ecosystem, focusing on providing high-performance, scale-up connectivity solutions for AI and cloud infrastructure. This partnership aims to support the demands of next-generation AI workloads, which require high bandwidth and low latency connections to efficiently manage large-scale AI models. By integrating NVLink solutions into its Intelligent Connectivity Platform, Astera Labs seeks to offer hyperscalers more options for deploying advanced AI infrastructure that incorporates NVIDIA GPUs and custom accelerators. This development emphasizes the ongoing efforts to optimize connectivity for AI and data center applications, further enabling the deployment of powerful and scalable AI systems.

• Astera Labs (NasdaqGS:ALAB) last closed at $94.46 up 4.6%.
• NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) last closed at $134.38 down 0.9%.

Elsewhere in the market, Astera Labs (NasdaqGS:ALAB) was a notable mover up 4.6% and closing at $94.46. This week, the company announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance AI infrastructure connectivity solutions. Meanwhile, Rockchip Electronics (SHSE:603893) lagged, down 7.1% to finish the session at CN¥150.83.

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• "Astera Labs Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA to Advance NVLink Fusion Ecosystem" from ASTERA LABS, INC. on GlobeNewswire (published 19 May 2025)

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