Intel, Qualcomm, Tesla against ARM–Nvidia merger
Exclusive: Few others, Apple maybe
Multiple well-informed sources have informed us that there is a big uprising in Silicon Valley against the proposed Nvidia–ARM acquisition. We have spoken with people from multiple technology companies, and everyone - outside ARM and Nvidia - believes that this is bad for the industry.
Choetech PD 61W USB -C mini charger
Review: Affordable, small PD charger
The competition in the USB Type-C charging space is quite massive. Still, Choetech came up with a mini charger capable of delivering 61W via Power Delivery and decided to price it at just 22 Euro /UKP / $.
Xilinx and Continental announce 4D radar
Ten times more raw data power
Radar has become a crucial part of new car design, and Xilinx is the leader in this market. Together with Tier 1 OEM manufacturer Continental, Xilinx announced the new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540 with the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC platform.
NUVIA raises $240M Series B Funding
Enough to tape out the Orion chip
The future of NUVIA is now brighter as the company managed to secure $240M Series B Funding, money that will be enough tape out the Orion chip. In the light of Nvidia – ARM acquisition times for a custom server architecture could not be better, ensuring NUVIA's great timing and future prove roadmap is the right way forward.
Nvidia acquisition of ARM is good for Nvidia
Analysis: Bad for everyone else
Nvidia will take over ARM, at least it has announced its intention and the market and the stock skyrocketed, demonstrating that this looks like it is an excellent move for Nvidia. Still, a semiconductor company taking over what used to be an independent API provider doesn't resonate well.
Xilinx announces T1 5G O-RAN card
Multi-function for Baseband Unit market
5G is one of these big vectors that will entirely change our lives and industries in many ways that one cannot even imagine. Xilinx will play a big part in that market as it just announced shipping of a Multi-Function telco accelerator card for growing 5G O-RAN virtual baseband unit markets.
SiFive hires Patrick Little as CEO
Ex Qualcomm SVP and GM of Automotive
In this bombastic week for the industry, SiFive, a leader in Risc V architecture products, has announced that it has hired Patrick W. Little as President and CEO, effective immediately.
Be Quiet! has new watercoolers
Pure loop for Core i3 (Ryzen 3) to Core i9 (Ryzen 9)
Be Quiet! is working hard even during the pandemic, and it has finally released an update for its Pure Look water cooler solution.
Insilico Medicine AI COVID tool uses Xeons
Intel helps in COVID-19 research
Industry veteran Alex Zhavoronkov who left the PC industry (ATI and AMD) to start the AI longevity focused Insilico Medicine, has announced AI-powered COVIDomic to power the COVID-19 basic and clinical research.
Tremont 10nm mobile and desktop detailed
Pentium and Celeron in laptops and desktops in 2021
What we used to call Atom will continue to be known as Pentium and Celeron in affordable laptops and small form desktop computers coming in 2021.