Tag: ARM

Intel to Work With Arm on Chip Manufacturing Compatibility

Intel Corp. on Wednesday said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd. to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use Arm’s technology can be made in Intel’s factories. Once the biggest name in chips known as central processing units (CPUs), Intel has seen long seen its…


Arm Launches New Chip Design for Cloud and Data Center

OAKLAND, Calif.—Arm Ltd., the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp., on Sept. 14 launched its next generation of data center chip technology called Neoverse V2 to meet the explosive growth of data from 5G and internet-connected gadgets. Arm creates underlying intellectual property that other firms such as Qualcomm or Apple then license…


Italian Dentist Presents Fake Arm for Vaccine to Get Pass

MILAN—A dentist in Italy faces possible criminal charges after trying to receive a coronavirus vaccine in a fake arm made of silicone. A nurse in the northern city of Biella, Filippa Bua, said she could tell right away that something was off when a man presented the phony limb for a shot on Thursday. “When…


Chip Shortages and Supply Chain Woes Will Last Through 2022, Business Figures Say

A chip shortage that is disrupting auto production and the technology industry is expected to continue until the end of 2022, according to ARM Holdings, a leading semiconductor designer based in Cambridge, England. Industries hit the most due to shortages include consumer electronics, switch consoles, and especially, the automobile sector. Based on one estimate, manufacturers…


Nvidia Offers EU Concessions Over $54 Billion Arm Deal

BRUSSELS—Nvidia has offered concessions in a bid to secure EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, a European Commission filing showed on Wednesday. The deal announced by world’s biggest maker of graphics and AI chips last year has sparked concerns in the semiconductor industry over whether Arm could remain…