Intel and Arm join forces on chip production
UK chip designer Arm and Intel’s contract manufacturing business unit Intel Foundry Services (IFS) have partnered to combine Arm core and Intel angstrom-era process technology.
UK chip designer Arm and Intel’s contract manufacturing business unit Intel Foundry Services (IFS) have partnered to combine Arm core and Intel angstrom-era process technology.
Less than two months after Nvidia gave up its dream to own Arm, the chip designer could already be back in play.
US semiconductor giant Nvidia has decided to stop wasting everyone’s time over its futile attempt to gain control of the world’s main source of chip designs.
The US Federal Trade Commission is suing to block Nvidia acquisition of Arm on fairly obvious competition grounds.
A couple of months after the UK decided to take a closer look at the semiconductor mega-M&A, the European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has concluded there are sufficient competition concerns around the acquisition of chip designer Arm to justify an in-depth investigation.
US semiconductor company Nvidia has admitted regulatory investigations of its proposed acquisition of UK-based chip designer Arm won’t be completed within its anticipated timescales.
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.
The planned $40bn merger could be in jeopardy over national security concerns.
Just four months after the US decided the giant semiconductor consolidation proposed by Nvidia needed closer inspection, the UK has agreed.
The Federal Trade Commission is asking Nvidia to submit more documents as part of its preparation for the competition investigation into the chipmaker’s $40 billion takeover of Arm.
Bloomberg reported that Microsoft has started designing its own processors to be used in cloud systems and Surface computers, reducing its reliance on Intel.
Gadget giant Apple has launched its first Macs using a souped-up version of its mobile chip instead of Intel ones.
Performance chip maker Nvidia wants to buy chip designer Arm, but with many of Nvidia’s direct competitors also Arm customers it’s hard to see how the deal could be approved.
There are further signs that Softbank wants to flog UK mobile chip designer Arm to compensate for its reckless investment strategy.
The apparent SoftBank fire sale looks set to continue with the rumour that even crown jewel ARM is on the table.
The official line is the move will allow Arm to give more attention to its core semiconductor business, but it will also allow financially strained parent-company Softbank to sell a slice.
Embedded chip giant Arm has announced a new industry consortium designed to coordinate industry collaboration over autonomous vehicles.
Arm has announced the launch of its flexible licensing model to allow customers to access to its IP without breaking their bank accounts.
Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of besieged telecoms vendor Huawei, chose sympathetic Chinese media for his latest publicity initiative.