China Unveils Its First 7nm Chip
Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co. is claiming China’s first 7-nanometer chip, described as a leading-edge, general-purpose cloud computing chip based on a proprietary GPU architecture. Dubbed “Big Island” GPGPU, ...Full Article
Red Hat’s Disruption of CentOS Unleashes Storm of Dissent
Five weeks after angering much of the CentOS Linux developer community by unveiling controversial changes to the no-cost CentOS operating system, Red Hat has unveiled alternatives for affected users ...Full Article
Intel Veteran Pat Gelsinger Is Leaving VMware, Returning to Intel as CEO
The Intel board of directors has appointed a new CEO. Intel alum Pat Gelsinger is leaving his post as CEO of VMware to rejoin the company that he parted ...Full Article
Qualcomm’s $1.4B Deal for Nuvia a Good Move: Analysts
Qualcomm apparently isn’t letting the bitter memories of its failed $47 billion attempt to acquire NXP Semiconductor in 2018 halt its growth plans. Instead, the company’s latest $1.4 acquisition ...Full Article
Intel to Ramp Up ‘Ice Lake’ Chip Production
Intel Corp. used this week’s virtual CES 2021 event to reassert its dominance of the data center with the formal roll out of its next-generation server chip, the 10nm ...Full Article
Acacia, Cisco Trade Claims in Merger Fight
A dispute over Chinese regulatory approval of its acquisition of Acacia Communications Inc. prompted Cisco Systems to seek a court order compelling the optical component maker to move ahead ...Full Article
Chinese AI Chip Startup Enflame Brings in $278.5M in New Funding
Enflame Technology, a Chinese AI startup developing deep learning chips for AI training, has secured another $278.5 million in funding from government and industry investors. The latest investor group ...Full Article
AI to Transform Healthcare of the Future in the Shadow of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the growing emergence and use of AI in healthcare is one of the most important trends that is helping already-overburdened doctors, nurses, hospitals and ...Full Article
Amazon and BP Expanding Their Year-Old Deal for Renewable Energy and AWS Cloud Services
For the last year, Amazon Web Services and BP have been working together as partners, with AWS providing BP with services to migrate more than 400 applications to the ...Full Article
Cyber Defenses Get an AI Boost
Greater access to big data and HPC resources are enabling enterprise use of emerging AI tools and machine learning models to help protect corporate networks and secure enterprise applications. ...Full Article