is expanding its lineup of ARM-based chips for Windows and Chromebook with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and 7c+ Gen 3 platforms. In addition, the company aims to power handheld gaming devices using Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 chipsets. Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, which , is the first 5nm PC platform, according to Qualcomm, which designed it with ultra-slim and fanless laptops in mind. It says that moving to a 5nm process node and other optimizations allowed for improved Kryo CPU performance while sustaining… Source link
Read More »Nvidia’s latest earnings report is the ‘nail in the coffin’ for $40 billion ARM deal
Nvidia’s (NVDA) $40 billion deal to purchase the U.K.-based chip developer ARM from SoftBank is all but dead. That’s at least what Susquehanna senior equity analyst Chris Rolland took away from Nvidia’s leadership during the company’s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday. “I think some of the commentary [on Wednesday] kind of puts the final nail in the ARM coffin here,” Rolland told Yahoo Finance Live. Nvidia initially made the $40 billion deal public in September 2020 with expectations… Source link
Read More »We could make ARM successful in ‘all other areas of computing’
Nvidia’s (NVDA) $40 billion ARM deal faces a slew of roadblocks from regulators here and abroad. But Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said if the deal doesn’t go through the company will still continue to perform at the same high level it has been. Jensen, who was fresh off of a virtual keynote at Nvidia’s GTC 2021 conference, told Yahoo Finance Live that the company wants to continue to see a large diversity of central processing units (CPUs) available, because it provides more opportunity for… Source link
Read More »AES Ohio and Google R&D arm to explore grid advancement
The company said it announced the work in April “because it’s not possible to explore this further without the close collaboration of organizations who know the intricacies of the grid — from grid operators to power system engineers to infrastructure experts, to the countries, cities, and towns who depend on it.” “We believe the future of energy is clean, reliable, affordable and accessible to all,” said Kristina Lund, AES president for US utilities. “By combining X’s… Source link
Read More »Nvidia Drops After Touching Record on Arm Deal Prospects
(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. notched a small decline after touching an all-time high Friday amid growing anticipation about whether the chipmaker will win regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Arm Ltd. The stock rose as much as 3.9% before erasing the gains to close down 0.1%. So far in June, the stock is up more than 14%, putting it on track for its biggest one-month gain since August. The month’s advance started after Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he remains… Source link
Read More »Nvidia CEO Talks about ARM Merger, $100M U.K. Supercomputer; Stock Rises 5%
Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang made a strong case for the ARM merger at the Six Five Summit and CogX conference. The executive also talked about U.K. opportunities and investments. Nvidia stock jumped 4.76% on Thursday to close at $746.29. Huang told the CogX conference that the merger would combine ARM’s CPU capabilities with Nvidia’s artificial intelligence capabilities to create new ideas. “The U.K. has every reason to be proud of Arm and its achievements and contributions to the… Source link
Read More »Paul Craig dislocates Jamahal Hill’s arm for gruesome win at UFC 263
Jamahal Hill reacts after suffering an arm injury against Paul Craig of Scotland in their light heavyweight fight during the UFC 263 event at Gila River Arena on June 12, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Paul Craig kicked off UFC 263 with a gruesome win on Saturday night. Craig beat Jamahal Hill in their light heavyweight bout at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, via a first round TKO, and completely dislocated Hill’s left arm in the process. Jamahal Hill’s arm… Source link
Read More »UK government intervenes in Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm
The UK government is to examine the sale of computer chip designer Arm Holdings to a US company on national security grounds. Japan’s SoftBank intended to sell the UK tech company to Nvidia for about $40bn (£29.5bn). But Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said he wanted the UK’s competition watchdog to assess its implications. “Following careful consideration of the proposed takeover, I have today issued an intervention notice,” he said. “As a next step and to help me gather the relevant… Source link
Read More »Verizon to center media arm around new subscription platform Yahoo+
Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio of Yahoo-related products, like Yahoo Fantasy, Yahoo Finance and others, executives tell Axios. Why it matters: Moving forward, the goal will be to rebrand most of its media franchises as Yahoo products, and to focus on selling subscriptions to those products via a rebranded subscription portfolio called “Yahoo Plus.” Driving the news: “Yahoo is the future of our… Source link
Read More »Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Protest Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm Ltd. – Yahoo Finance
Bloomberg A Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came (Bloomberg) — Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading.Buoyed with youthful confidence, Qin, a self-proclaimed math prodigy from Australia, dropped out of college in 2016 to start a hedge fund in New York he called Virgil Capital. He told potential clients he had developed an algorithm called Tenjin to monitor cryptocurrency exchanges around the world to seize on price… Source link
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