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For many, Ray-Tracing and its associated technologies represent the next major evolution in video games – akin to the shift from 2D to 3D or SD to HD. Until now however, Nvidia’s solution, which has proven to be the market leader in the technology, has been somewhat hampered by its …

Shortly after Apple unveiled the first M1 powered Mac systems, rumours began swirling about the company's next gen chip. According to reports this week, we'll be seeing the Apple M2 relatively soon, with plans to introduce the chip in new Macs in the first half of next year.  According to …

Qualcomm's new president, Cristiano Amon, has revealed the chip maker’s plans to release a laptop CPU in 2022 in order to compete with Apple’s new chips, such as the M1 processor. This new laptop chip will take advantage of Nuvia's core architecture, which Qualcomm acquired a while back.  In an …

After Nvidia announced plans to acquire ARM in a $40 billion deal, a number of tech companies raised concerns, including the likes of Qualcomm, Google and Microsoft. Now, several companies that license ARM technology are speaking out in support of Nvidia's takeover, providing counter arguments.  As reported by Bloomberg, this …

When Nvidia announced its deal to acquire Arm, several competing companies that rely on Arm spoke out against the move, including the likes of Qualcomm, sparking investigations into whether the deal should be allowed to go through. Nvidia is still confident that the deal will complete in 2022, but if …

Back in 2016, Microsoft began working with Qualcomm to get Windows 10 working on ARM chipsets. This resulted in a number of Qualcomm Snapdragon powered laptops, but there is still more work to be done to drum up developer support. To tackle this, Microsoft and Qualcomm are teaming up again …

Nvidia made a big splash when they announced their planned CPU named Grace at their recent virtual GTC event. We all know about Nvidia's GPUs and we are sort-of aware of Bluefield which is described as a DPU. Now Nvidia also has plans for a CPU, so that means they have a Three Chip Strategy which surely merits a video from Leo...

Apple embarked on a journey to create its own processors several years ago, which culminated in the launch of the M1, an ARM-based chip that now powers Macs and iPads. A successor is already in the works though and according to sources this week, Apple's M2 chip is already in …

The UK government is intervening with Nvidia's planned acquisition of ARM. While Nvidia remains confident that the deal will close sometime in 2022, the UK government is claiming concerns over national security. UK Digital Secretary, Oliver Dowden, stated today that the government has officially issued an intervention notice. The UK's …

In September last year, Nvidia announced that it reached a deal to acquire ARM for $40 billion. A number of tech companies have raised concerns over this and regulators are investigating the deal, but Nvidia remains confident that approval will be gained and the deal will go through in 2022. 

Last night during Jensen's GTC 2021 keynote, Nvidia announced a new ARM-based CPU. Known as "Grace", Nvidia's latest CPU utilises ARM core architecture and aims to deliver 10x more performance for systems training AI models and other high-performance computing workloads.

Last week, we learned that Qualcomm has raised concerns with regulators over Nvidia's acquisition of Arm. Now, a newer report says that other tech giants, like Microsoft and Google, are doing the same.  Nvidia announced its plans to acquire Arm for $40 billion in September 2020. Previously, the company was …

Last year, Nvidia announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire ARM from SoftBank in a $40 billion deal. Of course, these big acquisitions have to go through regulatory checks and gain approval before things can move forward. This process gives rival companies an opportunity to voice concerns about …

One of the biggest stories in the tech world last year was Nvidia's acquisition of ARM in a deal worth $40 billion USD. The deal is still expected to go through, but regulatory approvals are pending and as part of that process, the UK's competition regulator is investigating the acquisition.  …

Apple just recently launched the first Apple Silicon powered Macs, all featuring the Apple M1 ARM-based SoC. The M1 is an entry-level chip for Macs, but a more powerful high-performance chip is apparently just around the corner and reportedly, it'll outperform Intel.  According to Bloomberg, a new high-performance Apple Silicon …

Today during Apple's ‘one more thing' event, the first ARM-powered MacBook was officially announced. Apple is officially moving on from Intel CPUs for macOS, starting with the 2020 MacBook Air.  The MacBook Air is shipping with an Apple Silicon M1 processor, which is built on TSMC's 5nm process. It eight …

Apple has had two events over the last couple of months, announcing new iPads, iPhones and other accessories. The company isn't done yet though, as another ‘One More Thing' event has been announced for next week.  Today, Apple began teasing that it has ‘one more thing' up its sleeve for …

Microsoft has been working on ARM support for Windows 10 for some time now and while 32-bit x86 apps are supported via emulation, the vast majority of apps are now x64/64-bit and don't work on devices like the Surface Pro X. That will change soon, as Microsoft is set to …

With Nvidia's ARM acquisition, the company is in a good place to start producing its own CPUs. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, already hinted at it but only time will tell how this goes. Besides, regulators might prevent the acquisition altogether, but Jensen is confident that the “regulators are going to …

Just as previously rumoured, NVIDIA is indeed going to acquire ARM. Last night, the GPU giant confirmed that it will be spending $40 billion buying Arm from SoftBank, who previously acquired the company in 2016 for $32 billion. 

ARM might be in the midst of a buyout but that isn't slowing down its usual work. This week, Arm announced a new three-year partnership agreement with DARPA, a contract that will see agency gain access to the chip maker's technology for research.  DARPA, otherwise known as the U.S Defence …

There have been plenty of rumours recently around the future of ARM and its potential sale. We've already heard that the likes of Nvidia, Foxconn and TSMC are interested in acquiring Arm Holdings but owner SoftBank had yet to comment. That changed this week, with SoftBank confirming it is considering …

We've recently heard a lot about Nvidia's interest in acquiring ARM, but it was only a matter of time before other suitors began popping up. This week, reports indicate that TSMC and Foxconn are also interested in buying the British chip developer.  A couple of weeks ago we reported that Nvidia …

Recently, word began spreading that Nvidia was ‘interested' in acquiring chip company ARM. Since then, the situation appears to have escalated a bit, with new reports indicating that Nvidia is actually in ‘advanced talks' to buy the company.  ARM is currently owned by Japanese firm, SoftBank Group. The idea of …

Could Nvidia's next big acquisition be ARM?

During WWDC this month, Apple announced its big move to ARM processors inside of Macs, marking the biggest hardware transition for Mac users since the move from PowerPC to Intel in the mid-2000s. This week, developers began receiving their transition kit hardware, featuring the Apple Silicon A12Z SoC. The Developer …

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Fujitsu's Fugaku Supercomputer has taken the spot as the world's fastest supercomputer, with 415 TFLOPS of performance and 7.3 million ARM cores. After less than one year on the throne as the world's fastest supercomputer, IBM's Summit has been toppled. As of June 2020 the world's fastest supercomputer is Fujitsu's …

While there wasn't much hardware news from Apple at WWDC last night, one particularly big announcement was made. Apple is indeed moving over to ARM processors, referred to as ‘Apple Silicon', for future Mac computers. The change will occur over the next two years, giving developers a ‘transition period' for …

We've been talking about the possibility of Apple switching to ARM chips for Macs for a couple of years now. Over time, reports of Apple making the jump have picked up a lot of steam and later this month, Apple will apparently be making it all official.  According to sources …