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Nvidia, SEEQC partner to develop quantum-GPU interface
Nvidia, SEEQC partner to develop quantum-GPU interface
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Quantum computer startup SEEQC (Elmsford, New York) is partnering with Nvidia to develop an all-digital low-latency chip-to-chip interface between any…
Raspberry Pi 5 moves to disaggregated architecture with in-house silicon
Raspberry Pi 5 moves to disaggregated architecture with in-house silicon
Technology News |
Raspberry Pi has launched its fifth generation board with a new architecture based around a new in-house chip and higher…
Stellantis looks to AI to slash the number of chips in cars
Stellantis looks to AI to slash the number of chips in cars
Technology News |
Stellantis is looking to a new automotive architecture to significantly cut the number of processors in a vehicle. The new…
Tachyum runs x86-64 binaries on FPGA model
Tachyum runs x86-64 binaries on FPGA model
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Chip designer Tachyum has hit a key milestone by running non-native x86_64 application under Linux running on a model of…

Synopsys tools tape out 2nm chips at TSMC
Synopsys tools tape out 2nm chips at TSMC
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Synopsys says customers have taped out multiple chips on TSMC’s 2nm process as it certifies both analog and digital design flows. Synopsys says the digital design flow for the TSMC…
Europe re-visits Intel anti-trust case with partial fine – updated
Europe re-visits Intel anti-trust case with partial fine – updated
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The European Commission has re-imposed a fine of around €376.36 million on Intel as part of a long running anti-trust case. Back in 2009, the Commission fined Intel €1.06 billion after…
European Chips Act comes into force
European Chips Act comes into force
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The European Chips Act comes into force today. The European Chips Act puts in place a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU’s security of supply, resilience and technological leadership…
SambaNova AI chip runs models with up to 5 trillion parameters
SambaNova AI chip runs models with up to 5 trillion parameters
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SambaNova Systems has announced an AI chip to power its full stack large language model (LLM) platform. The SambaNova SN40L chip supports both dense and sparse computing through a…
Intel launches compact RISC-V Nios processor core
Intel launches compact RISC-V Nios processor core
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Intel has launched a new, compact soft core for its FPGA devices based on the RISC-V open instruction set architecture. The Nios V/c compact microcontroller is the smallest core in…
NXP says R&D expansion still depends on level of public funding
NXP says R&D expansion still depends on level of public funding
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NXP Semiconductors NV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) has said it is planning to increase its European R&D but the final investment decision is still dependent on how much money national ministries…
NeoLogic tapes out 16nm Quasi-CMOS chip, looks to 3nm
NeoLogic tapes out 16nm Quasi-CMOS chip, looks to 3nm
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Israeli processor technology startup NeoLogic expects to tape out an ARM processor at 16nm using its Quasi-CMOS technology. The Quasi-CMOS technology and the processor will be available for evaluation to…
Bristol to host UK’s exascale AI supercomputer
Bristol to host UK’s exascale AI supercomputer
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Bristol is to host the UK’s AI Research Resource (AIRR), an exascale supercomputer called Isambard AI. The Isambard AI supercomputer will be one of the most powerful in Europe with…
Andes ships RISC-V vector IP for data centre transformer AI chips
Andes ships RISC-V vector IP for data centre transformer AI chips
Technology News |
Andes Technology in Taiwan is shipping a high performance 64bit multicore RISC-V vector design that it developed for large language model datacentre AI chips. The AX45MPV is the third generation…
Speech enhancement TinyML eliminates noise in IoT applications
Speech enhancement TinyML eliminates noise in IoT applications
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Ambiq has launched an open source AI framework for its Apollo low power microcontroller to removes background noise from speech on a device in real time. The Neural Network Speech…
Arm updates IPO filing with reduced valuation
Arm updates IPO filing with reduced valuation
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Processor intellectual property licensor Arm Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has said it expects to sell 95.5 million shares in the company at a target price of between US$47 and US$51 per…
Automotive supply chain is not sustainable warns report
Automotive supply chain is not sustainable warns report
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A report from the Capgemini Research Institute is warning that the automotive supply chain for semiconductors is not sustainable in the long term. The report, titled The automotive supply chain: Pursuing…
Arm’s customers agree to buy-in to IPO
Arm’s customers agree to buy-in to IPO
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Several customers of processor intellectual property licensor Arm Holdings Ltd. (Cambridge, England) have agreed to buy shares in the company, according to Reuters. The customers include: Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, AMD,…
First 22nm FGPA with hardened RISC-V cores
First 22nm FGPA with hardened RISC-V cores
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Gowin Semiconductor has hardened a RISC-V core and peripherals and embedded them into its latest 22nm FPGA. The GW5AST-138 FPGA uses the A25 RISC-V CPU IP and AE350 peripheral subsystem…
SoftBank sets Arm IPO date
SoftBank sets Arm IPO date
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Processor IP licensor Arm Holdings Ltd. (Cambridge, England) is expected to price its IPO on September 13 and start trading on Nasdaq the following day, according to Bloomberg. Prior to…
Swedish space agency looks to Imsys processor
Swedish space agency looks to Imsys processor
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Swedish processor core design Imsys has won a SEK3.4m (€290,000) project with the Swedish National Space Board. The Swedish National Space Board has approved the Imsys application to the Space…
Nvidia warns of Middle East AI export restrictions
Nvidia warns of Middle East AI export restrictions
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Nvidia has warned of further US restrictions on the export of AI technology to the Middle East. This follows license requirements that, with certain exceptions, impact Nvidia exports to China…
ARM extends compute subsystem to custom data centre chips
ARM extends compute subsystem to custom data centre chips
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ARM has developed a new range of compute subsystems (CSS) based on its Neoverse processor cores for data system and 5G chips. The first product in the range is the…
Chiplet-base generative AI platform raises LLM performance
Chiplet-base generative AI platform raises LLM performance
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Generative AI technology provider d-Matrix Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), has announced Jayhawk II, a second generation of its generative AI compute platform. The silicon provides an enhanced version of the…
Blumind startup pursues analog AI at the edge
Blumind startup pursues analog AI at the edge
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Blumind Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a startup company that has developed an analog architecture for neural network inferencing at the edge. The use of analog computation and storage for…
ARM flags Neoverse risk of China technology restrictions
ARM flags Neoverse risk of China technology restrictions
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The latest ARM Neoverse processor cores are too powerful for customers to export to China says the company in its filing ahead of a public share offering. US and UK…
AI chip market to be worth $67 billion in 2024
AI chip market to be worth $67 billion in 2024
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The market for chips designed to execute artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is increasing at an annual rate of more than 20 percent, according to Gartner. The market analyst reckons the…
Analysis: Arm IPO filing reveals depth of Chinese risk
Analysis: Arm IPO filing reveals depth of Chinese risk
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The filing for an IPO in intellectual property licensor Arm has revealed details of problematic relations in China and risks to its continued business there. A key factor is that…
SoftBank prepares to file Arm IPO
SoftBank prepares to file Arm IPO
Business news |
SoftBank Group is expected to file an initial public offering of shares in processor intellectual property licensor Arm Ltd. this week. The IPO is expected to take place on NASDAQ…


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