Amazon on Thursday said it had closed its $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM. The deal, which was first announced in May, could give Prime Video a boost and amp up Amazon’s original production arm, Amazon Studios. “We welcome MGM employees, creators, and talent to Prime Video and Amazon Studios, and we look forward to working …
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Chipmaker Arm, owned by Japanese tech giant SoftBank, is making plans for layoffs after SoftBank’s $40 billion deal to sell Arm to Nvidia collapsed in February. The company is preparing to cut 12% to 15% of its staff in the US and UK, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The layoffs were announced to staff via a memo from Arm CEO Rene Haas and could potentially …
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Nvidia is getting ready to abandon its acquisition of chipmaker Arm after struggling to get regulatory approval, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The company apparently told partners it doesn’t expect the $40 billion deal to close. A final decision has yet to be made, and the companies are still negotiating with regulators, the outlet noted. Japanese tech giant SoftBank agreed to sell Arm to …
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The Surface Pro X is Microsoft’s attempt to create a two-in-one laptop that doesn’t have to sacrifice power for versatility. And based on Dan Ackerman’s Surface Pro X review, it did just that. The key was ditching the Intel processor found in more affordable laptops in favor of a more powerful and efficient Arm chip. There are two models available …
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A startup called SiFive announced a new processor design Thursday that could revamp mobile phones, cars and other digital devices if the company’s plans work out. Its Performance P650 design comes with a 50% speed boost over the P550 that arrived in June. The San Mateo, California-based company hopes its designs will offer a better balance of speed, battery life and cost thanks to …
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After announcing its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip on Tuesday, Qualcomm on Wednesday turned its focus to PCs, introducing two chips: a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor designed for Windows machines and a 7c+ chip for affordable Windows and Chromebook computers. With the 8cx, the company touts that its new 5-nanometer chips will provide “up to” 85% faster CPU and …
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For the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, search giant Google is taking a page from Apple — by styling itself as a chip designer with more control over its flagship smartphones. For owners of Google’s new Pixel 6, that could mean a phone with artificial intelligence that you’ll actually want to talk to and battery life long enough to …
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Apple wants to hire a programmer who knows about RISC-V, a processor technology that competes with the Arm designs that power iPhones, iPads and newer Macs. The company’s interest emerged in a job posting for a “RISC-V high performance programmer” that Apple published Thursday. It’s not clear exactly what Apple’s plans are for the technology. Apple didn’t respond to a …
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Nvidia is working to expand its RTX tech to more devices, and the company on Monday took a big step forward. In demos for the Game Developers Conference, Nvidia showed off real-time ray tracing and DLSS on an ARM-based platform for the first time. The company showed off the advanced graphics in demos of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and The Bistro, both …
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The OnePlus Nord 2 is on its way in just a few days and the latest news about the new phone comes in the form of leaked renders from Ishan Agarwal and Evan Blass on Twitter showing that the Nord 2 could come in three colors, Blue Haze, Gray Sierra and Crimson Red. The rumored renders came as a movie …
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