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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Arm Turns to Layoffs After Nvidia Deal Falls Through
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 …
Read More »Nvidia may abandon its $40 billion Arm acquisition, report says
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 …
Read More »Surface Pro X deal: Get up to $300 off Microsoft’s most advanced 2
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 …
Read More »SiFive’s new chip could lead to revamped phone brains in 2023
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 …
Read More »Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 aims to create faster Arm PCs
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 …
Read More »Pixel 6’s Tensor chip: Inside the brains of Google’s newest flagship
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 …
Read More »Apple shows interest in RISC
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 …
Read More »Nvidia shows off RTX ray tracing, high
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 …
Read More »OnePlus Nord 2 rumors: We think we have a release date, plus new color options
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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