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...
VMware adds support for Ampere Altra-chips
VMware has added support for Ampere Altra to its ESXi hypervisor. This makes ESXi more usable for SmartNICs, edge devices and Arm servers, for example.
The update in question is version 1.3 of the Arm version of the EXSi hypervisor and has been released as a preview under the so-called Fling pro...
Arm reveals Armv9 architecture with emphasis on AI and security
Ten years after unveiling its successful Armv8 architecture, Arm has unveiled its successor: Armv9. The company wants this architecture to play an even more central role in our lives over the next ten years.
ZDNet has listed the developments in the new architecture. Armv9 should offer significan...
AWS increasingly replacing Intel Xeon chips with self-made ARM chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the largest hyperscaler with the widest cloud offering. The development of its cloud portfolio started with standard Intel Xeon server chips (x86), but in recent years AWS has been rapidly developing its own ARM chips that more or less replace Intel.
A while ag...
Elasticsearch 7.12 introduces runtime fields and ARM support
Elastic has announced version 7.12 of its Elasticsearch search engine. The update brings a number of improvements, including support for runtime fields, a new frozen tier for storage and support for the ARM architecture.
An overview of the new features can be found in a blog post from Elastic. T...
Google to make its own custom server chips as well
Google has announced that it plans to design its own SoCs for use in servers. To assist in the design process, the company has hired Intel veteran Uri Frank.
In a blog post, Google says that Moore's Law no longer provides great strides in computer speed. To ensure that improvements in speed and ...
Qualcomm acquires chip designer Nuvia
Chip designer Qualcomm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of smaller chip manufacturer Nuvia. The company says it plans to release self-designed chips in the second half of 2022.
Nuvia is a relatively unknown start-up in the Arm chip market. It was founded by three chip designer...
Fujitsu to build 10 petaflop supercomputer in Portugal
Fujitsu has signed a contract to build a new supercomputer in Portugal. The supercomputer is part of an initiative by the European Union and Portugal to develop more HPC capacity for academic and corporate researchers.
The system will be named Deucalion, named after a character in Greek mytholog...
Qualcomm worried about Arm acquisition by Nvidia
Chip developer Qualcomm has expressed its concerns to various regulators worldwide about the consequences of a possible takeover of Arm by Nvidia. Qualcomm is said to be afraid of reduced accessibility of the Arm technology.
CNBC writes this based on sources familiar with the matter. According t...
EU and UK start investigation into Arm acquisition by Nvidia
The European Union and Great Britain have launched an investigation into Nvidia's intended acquisition of Arm. Several parties are concerned that the acquisition will come at the expense of Arm's neutrality.
Officials and advisers in both Brussels and the UK have said that extensive scrutiny of ...
British antitrust watchdog investigating Nvidia’s Arm acquisition
The UK antitrust watchdog has announced that it is launching an investigation into the acquisition of Arm by Nvidia. The acquisition would amount to 40 billion dollars (32.6 billion euros).
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether the acquisition would be detrimental ...