Graphcore Expanding Its AI Compute Platform Sales with Its First Channel Partner Program
AI compute platform vendor Graphcore has launched its first formal global channel partner program to promote and boost the sales of its AI processors and blade computing products. The ...Full Article
Calls Grow Louder for US Chip Revival
Technology industry lobbyists are capitalizing on the growing Washington consensus for a next-generation industrial policy that funds basic research in foundational silicon technology as a way to compete with ...Full Article
Nvidia Buys Arm for $40B as SoftBank Sheds Chip IP Vendor to Raise Cash
Nvidia is acquiring chip IP vendor Arm Ltd. for $40 billion from SoftBank in a blockbuster deal that catapults the graphics leader to a dominant position in the datacenter ...Full Article
Reports: Nvidia Deal for Arm Advances
Update: Sunday, Sept. 13 at 8pm ET, Arm and Nvidia announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SoftBank in a transaction valued at $40 ...Full Article
Kneron’s Latest KL720 AI Chip Aims to Expand Enterprise AI Use Cases
With its recently announced KL720 AI chip in early, low-level production, AI developer and chipmaker Kneron is busy imagining a wide range of customer use cases where the new ...Full Article
Marvell Turning Its ThunderX3 Chip Line into a Custom Chip Platform
Arm chip maker Marvell Technologies sees custom chips as the wave of the future as customers clamor for custom-built processors to power a wide range of routers, switches, 5G ...Full Article
Arm’s First 64-bit Cortex-R Chip Adds ‘Computational Storage’
No moss is growing under Arm Ltd. as the technology sector waits to see if and when a buyer emerges for the IP chip vendor. Arm this week unveiled ...Full Article
New DARPA Director Brings AI Expertise
The Pentagon’s top research agency is extending its technology chops with the appointment of a new director with extensive industry experience in strategic sectors ranging from AI to underlying ...Full Article
China Dominates AI Patent Filings
China’s patent office accounted for nearly two-thirds of all AI applications received over the past two years, underscoring how Beijing has become a fierce defender of intellectual property linked ...Full Article
GPU Market Posts Unexpected Q2 Gains
The booming graphics processor market is not immune to pandemic uncertainty, with forecasting metrics such as “seasonality” becoming increasingly problematic. For instance, graphics board shipments jumped 6.6 percent sequentially ...Full Article
