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 ... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more