《晚安咖啡》科技夜话（英文版）：英伟达AI服务器涨价超15%，Anthropic挖角谷歌TPU之父

Nvidia has informed major customers that prices for servers containing its AI chips will rise by more than 15% starting early next year, driven by surging memory chip costs.

Anthropic has hired Amir Salek, founder of Google's custom chip business and known as the "father of TPU," to lead its in-house AI chip development team, paving the way for its potential $2 trillion IPO.

Alibaba announces a proposed HK$80 billion new share placement, with 100% of net proceeds to be invested in full-stack AI capabilities and AI infrastructure — its first new share issuance since its Hong Kong listing in 2019.

DeepSeek API adjusts its pricing rules: starting August 23, weekends (Saturday and Sunday) will be charged at off-peak rates all day, eliminating peak/off-peak distinctions.

NIO's William Li states at a Fudan University forum that China's auto industry has entered the "most brutal final stage," with the competitive landscape to be settled within the next three to five years.

Zhongcheng Hualong officially launches the HL200 inference chip with 5.12 TFLOPS/W power efficiency, native support for FP4/FP8 low-precision inference, and a配套 supernode computing cluster solution.

U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse; the U.S. imposes a 50% tariff on approximately $20 billion of Canadian goods, effective immediately; Canada announces it will impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods starting September 8.

Tiangong Team wins first place in the 400m large-group track final at the World Humanoid Robot Games with a time of 38.15 seconds.