HPE Secures its Server Supply Chain
A trusted supply chain initiative launched this week by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise addresses growing demand for domestically manufactured and secure servers. HPE announced Thursday (Oct. 1) it has shipped the ...Full Article
AI, Big Data Propelling Chip Design
AI and big data generating those algorithms are transforming chip design in unexpected ways, accelerating fundamental tasks like finding the optimal design tradeoffs between performance and power consumption “Chips ...Full Article
Hailo Adds Acceleration Module to its AI Edge Processor
Hailo, the up-and-coming AI chip startup, released an acceleration module this week that allows its Hailo-8 processor to be plugged into edge devices. The Israeli chipmaker is also targeting ...Full Article
Globalfoundries Sees Pandemic ‘Pulling’ Chip Demand
Globalfoundries, the custom semiconductor manufacturer, announced advancements on several fronts this week, including the latest version of its FDX platform aimed at low-power, edge devices as well as a ...Full Article
MemVerge Wants to Make Big Memory Systems More Accessible
Organizations that need to process large amounts of data in real time will be the big winners of the emerging “big memory” era, says Charles Fan, the CEO and ...Full Article
Intel Unveils New Atom x6000E and 11th Gen Core CPUs for IoT and Edge Uses
All-new Intel Atom e6000E and 11th Generation Intel Core processors aimed at AI, IoT and industrial uses were launched Sept. 23 at the company’s Intel Industrial Summit 2020 virtual ...Full Article
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
Oracle Cloud Tackling More Demanding Workloads with Launch of A100 GPU Instances, Arm Plans, More
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is bolstering its capabilities for customers with the general availability of instances with Nvidia’s newest GPU, the A100, while also unveiling expanded collaborations with Rescale ...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
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