Tech Mergers Tick Up in Q3
Technology merger and acquisition activity picked up during the third quarter, led by SoftBank Group's blockbuster deal in July to acquire U.K. processor intellectual property vendor ARM Ltd. immediately ...Full Article
Intel’s FPGAs Target Datacenters, Networking
Targeting cloud computing, datacenters, network infrastructure and Internet of Things sensors, chipmaker Intel Corp. said it is sampling the latest version of it field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Intel ...Full Article
Microsoft Eyes AI Supercomputer on Azure
Microsoft is jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon with the formation of a new research group that will seek to make the technology more accessible via its Azure cloud ...Full Article
DoE Expands HPC Manufacturing Effort
The Energy Department's Advanced Manufacturing Office is expanding industry access to its network of national laboratories to leverage supercomputing capabilities that can be used to model, simulate and analyze ...Full Article
IBM Unveils Power8 Linux Servers
Not long after revealing more details about its next-gen Power9 chip due in 2017, IBM has rolled out three new Power8-based Linux servers and a new version of its ...Full Article
Intel Buys Vision Chip Developer Movidius
Intel Corp. is acquiring low-power machine vision specialist Movidius in a bid to bolster its embedded visual computing capabilities. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced Tuesday (Sept. 6) it was buying ...Full Article
U.S. Announces New Compute for Manufacturing Projects
The Energy Department's High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program, roughly a year old, continues to gather momentum with the recent award of $3.8 million for 13 new industry ...Full Article
Power9 Gives IBM Leg Up Against x86
After offering OpenPower Summit attendees a limited preview in April, IBM is unveiling further details of its next-gen CPU, Power9, which the tech mainstay is counting on to regain market ...Full Article
Blockchains Unlocked to Boost IoT Interoperability
In a step towards greater interoperability for the Internet of Things, a Bay Area company has launched a platform that allows chipmakers to register Bluetooth and other network-enabled chips ...Full Article
