Enlarge (credit: Arm) The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm, the semiconductor design firm, saying that the blockbuster deal would unfairly stifle competition. “The FTC is suing to block the largest semiconductor chip merger in history to prevent a chip conglomerate from stifling the innovation pipeline for next-generation technologies, ” […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The US has raised potential objections to Nvidia’s controversial acquisition of the UK chip design company Arm from SoftBank, adding a fresh hurdle to a deal that has already stirred up serious opposition on the other side of the Atlantic. News that American regulators shared European concerns came a day after […]
Enlarge (credit: VGG | Getty Images) The British government has launched an in-depth investigation into Nvidia’s takeover of the UK-based technology company Arm on national security grounds, throwing another hurdle in the path of the $54 billion deal. Digital and culture secretary Nadine Dorries has ordered a phase 2 investigation into the transaction on public […]
Enlarge This week Apple introduced a set of new MacBook Pro laptops . During the prerecorded launch event , Apple’s engineers and executives made it clear that the MVPs in these new products are the chips that power them: the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips . With 34 billion and 57 billion transistors, respectively, […]
Enlarge (credit: Arm) Brussels is set to launch a formal competition probe early next month into Nvidia’s planned $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm, after months of informal discussions between regulators and the US chip company. The investigation is likely to begin after Nvidia officially notifies the European Commission of its plan to […]
Enlarge (credit: Biggs, et. al. ) Wearable electronics, like watches and fitness trackers, represent the next logical step after computing went to portable and mobile devices. They’ve sparked an interest in the development of flexible electronics, which could enable wearables to include the things like clothing and backpacks. Flexible electronics, however, run into a problem: […]
Speeds and feeds for the three new CPU designs. [credit: Arm ] Arm has announced its next-generation CPU designs, which will probably hit the market in early 2022. With all-new cores, a new architecture, and the death of 32 bit, they are proving to be among Arm’s biggest releases in some time. I don’t think […]
Enlarge / Docker running on a Mac. (credit: Docker) Docker, a popular multi-platform application used by software developers, has released a version that runs natively on Apple Silicon hardware, including Macs released with Apple’s custom-designed M1 chip. The M1 chip uses the ARM instruction set and cannot natively run software that was designed to run […]
Enlarge / There are two types of reactions to this marketing image: “ooh, shiny!” and “oh god no, all that particulate will get in the socket…” (credit: Arm) On Tuesday afternoon, Arm held a Vision Day event at which it teased details about its upcoming Arm v9 architecture. The short version: expect a massively altered […]
Enlarge / Significantly faster mid-range Android phones and tablets are on the way starting in Q2 2021. (credit: Qualcomm) On Thursday, Qualcomm announced its newest midrange mobile processor—the Snapdragon 780G, a 5nm part that succeeds last year’s 765. The Snapdragon 700 series is a midrange line that offers similar features to the flagship Snapdragon 800 […]