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Alibaba Launches C930 RISC-V Chip Amid Shift from Western Tech
Damo Academy, Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, has launched its first server-grade central processing unit (CPU), according to a recent piece in the South China Morning Post.* Designed for server-level, ...Full Article
The Pentagon Cancels Its Controversial $10B JEDI Cloud RFP to Re-Issue It as a Multi-Cloud Proposal
Almost six months into President Joe Biden's first term as president, the administration and the Pentagon have canceled the controversial $10 billion JEDI cloud modernization contract that was previously ...Full Article
With Long-Delayed JEDI Contract Stalled By Legal Fight, DoD May Go Multi-Cloud
The Pentagon is signaling it may embrace a multi-cloud strategy long favored by commercial users seeking to avoid vendor lock-in. With its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract award ...Full Article
In Midst of Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage, DoD, Globalfoundries Expand Ties
The U.S. Defense Department and Globalfoundries are expanding their semiconductor manufacturing partnership by certifying the foundry’s most advanced fab complies with U.S. export controls intended to secure the chip ...Full Article
Intel Advances in DoD’s Chip Packaging Push
Developing new capabilities for integrating complex semiconductor devices such as chiplets into a single package is seen as one way of reviving the U.S. chip manufacturing. Recent funding proposals ...Full Article
DoD’s Early Warning System Targets New Enemy: COVID-19
Artificial intelligence technology has been enlisted in a Defense Department research effort to develop an early warning system for identifying infectious diseases. Recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the confined quarters ...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
DARPA Strengthens Ties with Arm
Arm Ltd. is expanding its partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide greater access to its semiconductor intellectual property portfolio under an umbrella DARPA microelectronics initiative. ...Full Article
Arm’s Segars Unwraps ‘5th Gen’ Computing Vision
The simultaneous maturation of three technologies—AI, the Internet of Things and 5G wireless—are ushering in a data-driven 5th wave of computing underpinned by current cloud infrastructure, according to the ...Full Article
DARPA Chip Effort Pivots to Securing US Supply Chain
A three-year-old Defense Department electronics initiative is bearing fruit in the form of public-private partnerships in areas ranging from post-Moore’s Law chip architectures to the growing national security requirement ...Full Article
