Microsoft Office gets a native 64-bit ARM version for Windows 11
The new ARM version of Office for Windows 11 is currently in beta, available to Office Insiders.
This week Microsoft announced that the next version of Office for Windows 11 will have a native 64-bit ARM version. The company says this will deliver improved performance on large or picture-filled ...
CEOs of Nvidia and ARM discuss controversial acquisiton
ARM and NVIDIA's CEO addressed the controversial deal in which NVIDIA purchased ARM for $40 billion. They say "this merger will be beneficial for many industries", contrary to what NVIDIA's rivals believe.
Reasons the deal is good for the industry
Simon Segars, CEO of ARM, and Jensen Huang, C...
Nvidia to invest at least $100 million in UK supercomputer
CEO Jensen Huang revealed the plan for a supercomputer in the UK and said there is more to come.
Nvidia's chief executive officer said the company will spend at least $100 million on a supercomputer in the United Kingdom, Reuters reported. Speaking at The Six Five Summit, CEO Jensen Huang said N...
Qualcomm wants to invest in Arm – under one condition
Qualcomm did not comment on these offers. Nvidia says that an IPO can't sustain Arm's growth, but they can.
The U.S chip giant, Qualcomm, announced recently that it would be willing to invest in the U.K.-based chip company, Arm, only "if they list the company on the stock market instead of selli...
Intel could buy SiFive to compete against Arm with RISC-V chip technology
Intel is debating the possibility of acquiring SiFive, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to Reuters. SiFive is a company that is closely associated with the open-source community and is seen as a potential challenger that could take on Intel's rival, Arm.
SiFive is based ...
Alibaba is making a cloud OS for multiple chip architectures
Alibaba Cloud, the fourth largest global cloud service, announced that its Apsara operating system compatible with multiple chip processors like ARM, RISC-V, and x86.
The shift from chip servers to cloud technologies
Intel and ARM largely control the global chip market – Intel's x86 dominat...
Microsoft joins Bytecode Alliance for WebAssembly
Several organisations have joined the Bytecode Alliance. The group is working to make WebAssembly a success beyond just web browsers.
Not only Microsoft, but also Google, Arm, the Dfinity Foundation, Embark Studios, Shopify and the University of California San Diego have joined the alliance. The...
Arm reveals technical details about Neoverse V1 and N2 platforms
Arm has revealed some more technical details about its upcoming Neoverse V1 and N2 server platforms. The company has also announced several partners who will be running the new platforms.
The Neoverse V1 and N2 are both successors to the Neoverse N1 platforms that Arm announced in 2019. They are...
UK to investigate Arm takeover by Nvidia on security grounds
The British competition authority will start an investigation into the possible takeover of Arm by Nvidia. The investigation will look, among other things, into whether the acquisition might cause problems in the area of national security.
The investigation will be carried out by the Competition...
Docker releases development tools for Apple M1 computers
Docker has made its development toolset Docker Desktop suitable for running natively on the M1 chip. This makes it possible to run Arm-based Docker images on the computers.
With Docker Desktop for Mac, developers can now build container images on the latest generation of macOS platforms that can...
Nvidia announces its first data centre CPU, excels in AI and HPC
Nvidia has announced the Grace CPU. It is a data centre processor based on the Arm architecture. According to Nvidia the CPU excels in tasks related to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
The new processor was announced in a press release from Nvidia. The chip designer claims...
Microsoft makes Defender for Endpoints available on Arm
Microsoft has announced that it has released Defender for Endpoints for Arm devices. This will enable devices such as the Surface Pro X to have the same business security as Windows machines with x86 processors.
In a blog post, Microsoft says it is fully committed to a future with Arm-based devi...