Dubai’s Starlink ditches IPO plans to merge with Infinigate
Cybersecurity company Infinigate Group announced a merger with Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Starlink. The two will form a new company with projected annual sales of $2.2 billion.
Following the merger, Starlink will operate under the Infinigate Group banner. The acquisition follows Infinigate'... Read more
Arm sues Qualcomm for patent infringement
Arm sued Qualcomm for a breach of contractual obligations and patent infringements. The dispute was caused by the 2021 acquisition of chip startup Nuvia.
According to Arm, chip manufacturer Qualcomm committed a breach of contract by attempting to transfer Nuvia's Arm licenses without permission... Read more
‘Qualcomm plans return to server chip market’
Qualcomm wants to become less dependent on its processors for smartphones and is therefore going to refocus on the production of server processors.
This according to sources of Bloomberg. Qualcomm recently posted disappointing results and saw its sales of smartphone processors in particular fall... Read more
Qualcomm announces first Nuvia processors to compete with Apple M1
Qualcomm plans to bring the first Nuvia technology-based ARM processors to market by the end of next year.
Qualcomm CEO Christian Amon shared the news during the presentation of the first quarter of 2022. Qualcomm acquired processor startup Nuvia in early 2021 to develop ARM-based high-performa... Read more
Qualcomm to take on Apple’s Mac processors with SoC for Windows
Qualcomm intends to develop a system-on-chip for Windows computers that will match the performance delivered by Apple's Mac processors. The company detailed this plan during its 2021 Investor Day event.
During the event, the Chief Technology Officer, James Thompson, said that Qualcomm plans to i... Read more
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... Read more