‘Acquisition of ARM will cost Nvidia more than 30 billion dollars’
Nvidia is supposedly in advanced talks with SoftBank for the acquisition of ARM. The chip company is rumoured to have a price tag of more than 32 billion dollars (27 billion euros).
ARM creates chip designs used by many big names in the tech world, including Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung and Nvidia. ...
Nvidia and Google score well in AI benchmark MLPerf
The benchmark for large AI computers, MLPerf, is very positive about Nvidia and Google. MLPerf is a series of tests to determine who is the best at carrying out AI tasks. It covers both software and hardware.
Nvidia's chip, the A100, appears to be the very best when it comes to various machine l...
Nvidia is reportedly talking with SoftBank about acquiring Arm
Nvidia has shown interest in acquiring SoftBank's chip manufacturer Arm. Bloomberg reported that the two companies are in early talks. This could mean a big change in the chip market.
SoftBank acquired Arm back in 2016 for $32 billion. Earlier this month, it was reported that they were exploring...
Nvidia’s latest A100 GPU debuts on Google Cloud
The Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU is now available in alpha as part of the new Accelerator-Optimized VM (A2) instance series on Google Cloud.
The company claims that the new chip, built using Nvidia's new Ampere architecture, is the most powerful GPU the company has ever produced. Designed primari...
NVidia expands virtual GPU support to enhance remote work
NVidia released its most recent version of virtual GPU software. It also unveiled new visualisation partners which will be helpful to the increasing number of professionals working remotely due to lockdown. With updated features to help end-users and IT administrators, the improved software could c...
Nvidia acquires Cumulus Networks for unknown amount
Nvidia announces that it is taking over Cumulus Networks. The start-up specialises in a Linux operating system focused on data center switches. The price of the acquisition is currently still unknown.
Cumulus Networks was founded in 2010 and was financed by investors such as Sequoia Capital and ...
Nvidia closes acquisition of Mellanox for 6.9 billion dollars
Nvidia has completed the acquisition of Mellanox for an amount of 6.9 billion dollar. The acquisition was announced last year.
On the 17th of April, Nvidia announced that the agreement had been approved by all relevant authorities to proceed. The China State Administration for Market Regulati...
Nvidia buys object storage startup SwiftStack
Nvidia has acquired SwiftStack for an unknown amount. The startup specialises in object storage and should help Nvidia expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
SwiftStack provides cloud-based software that allows enterprises to manage their cloud storage. The on-premise infrastructu...
Nvidia develops powerful AI computer for network edge
Hardware manufacturer Nvidia claims to have developed the smallest and most powerful supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) and embedded devices.
The Jetson Xavier NX is a high-performance, low-power module that still delivers performance comparable to data center servers. It delivers up...
Nvidia partners with Ericsson, Red Hat and Microsoft for 5G networks
Nvidia, mainly known for their GPU-solutions, has announced partnerships with Ericsson, Red Hat and Microsoft. These partnerships should enable Nvidia to venture into 5G and help create high-performance Radio Access Networks.
Ericsson
The partnership with Ericsson concerns a collaboration on ...
Nividia launches AI workloads for VMware Cloud on AWS
Nividia will bring AI and machine learning to the cloud. More specifically, "accelerated GPU services" are offered for VMware Cloud on AWS.
According to SiliconAngle, the new service makes it possible to migrate existing vSphere applications to Vmware Cloud on AWS. After this migration, it will b...
Nvidia claims new record in real-time conversational AI
Nvidia says that it has achieved new records and breakthroughs in artificial intelligences (AIs) that understand language. The AIs should enable real-time conversational AI in various software applications.
According to Nvidia, conversational AI is especially important for companies that want to bui...