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Softbank really wants Samsung and Arm to join forces
SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son plans to meet with Samsung Electronics to discuss a potential “strategic alliance” with Softbank’s chip designer Arm. Read more…
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Where should Softbank re-list Arm? Preferably nowhere (for now)
The big question isn’t where to relist Arm, but how SoftBank is going to achieve $50 billion anywhere under current market conditions. Read more…
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Arm China chief Allen Wu refuses to leave after being sacked
Arm China CEO Allen Wu was fired and replaced last week, but he’s refused to step down and his supporters are championing him on social media. Read more…
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RISC-V gains momentum as Wave Computing sunsets MIPS
Wave Computing is launching designs for two new microprocessors this year using RISC-V architecture as it sunsets its MIPS architecture. Read more…
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An IPO isn’t Softbank’s only option to salvage its failed Arm deal
An IPO for Arm is not the only option available to SoftBank – and given where Arm currently is, one option is to keep it. Read more…
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Softbank’s Arm eyes 2023 IPO after planned sale to Nvidia collapses
SoftBank Group’s sale of Arm to Nvidia has collapsed due to regulatory hurdles. Arm is now planning for an IPO sometime before March 2023. Read more…
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NEC and ARM to develop AI-enabled IoT for smart cities
NEC has announced a strategic collaboration with ARM to drive the development of secure IoT solutions for smart cities using artificial intelligence (AI). There is already a wide range of IoT connected devices in the Read more…
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ARM and Intel unite for secure IoT network management
LONDON (Reuters) – Rival semiconductor giants ARM and Intel have agreed to work together to manage networks of connected devices from both firms, clearing a major stumbling block to market growth of the so-called Internet Read more…
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ARM reveals chipsets designed for autonomous cars
LONDON (Reuters) – Autonomous car features are moving closer to mass-market production, with British chip designer ARM introducing the first in a new line of safety-hardened processors for building features such as automated collision avoidance into Read more…
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ARM gives up control of Chinese business in $775 million deal
TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – British chipmaker Arm Holdings, a unit of SoftBank Group, will cede control of its Chinese business to a group of local investors in a $775 million deal. Arm will be selling Read more…
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Researchers find more security flaws in chips: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday. The magazine, called c’t, Read more…
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Arm unveils Project Trillium processors for mobile machine learning
Arm has announced Project Trillium, an IP suite that includes new highly scalable processors that it says will deliver enhanced machine learning (ML) and neural network (NN) functionality. Arm says the current technologies are focused Read more…
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Data center players consider dropping Intel over security flaws
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Some of Intel’s data center customers, whose thousands of computers run cloud networks, are exploring using microchips from the market leader’s rivals to build new infrastructure after the discovery of security Read more…
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Almost any device with an Intel, AMD or ARM chip is now hackable
FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Read more…
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ARM buys NB-IoT expertise to beef up its IP portfolio
ARM acquires two NB-IoT specialists to aid its push into fully integrated radio-to-software solutions With Softbank’s resources behind it, ARM can accelerate its recent acquisitions spree to bolster its position in the Internet of Things. Read more…