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Nvidia on Tuesday announced plans to deploy tens of thousands of AI GPUs across the UK as part of the country's effort to become a bigger player in the AI space. The company says it is working in partnership with companies ranging from Microsoft and CoreWeave to Nscale and OpenAI, which are...
Why is China busting Nvidia? Jensen kissed the China ring. Maybe it is because he also kissed the US ring? Seriously, why?
Nvidia Vows Cooperation As China Probes $7 Billion Mellanox Deal
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nvidia-vows-cooperation-china-probes-153419769.html
Nvidia is in the middle of the US trade war with China, and as the conflict progresses, it is finding its position in China's huge market increasingly troubled.
Earlier this year, US government restrictions on selling artificial intelligence chips to China prevented Nvidia from selling its H20...
MGX co-invests with Silver Lake in Altera acquisition
DUBAI (Reuters) -MGX, an Abu Dhabi artificial intelligence investment firm and partner of Silver Lake, said on Tuesday it has joined the buyout group in acquiring a majority stake in California programmable chip business Altera, leaving Intel...
All true! The Intel 22nm PDK included a DRC file that was redacted! How do you design to a redacted DRC deck? :ROFLMAO:
Xilinx/TSMC 16nm product shipped about 1 year earlier than Altera Intel/14nm from what I remember. In the FPGA business being first to a process node was a very big deal...
True and Intel 14nm even more so versus TSMC 16nm. Unfortunately the Altera integration into Intel went much slower than expected so the process advantage was not leveraged. I remember when Intel sent the first PDK to Altera it was horrible by comparison to TSMC.
I was skeptical about HNA-EUV as well but Intel can use it for 2-3 layers using EUV for the rest. If so, Intel can claim first to HNA-EUV which might attract some whales. The egos in this business never cease to amaze me. Everyone wants to be on the latest and greatest process. The difference...
I guess that answers my question, Intel will keep Altera for now. I remember back in the day when Altera and Xilinx were battling it out in the trenches. It was quite the competition. Xilinx was at UMC and Altera was close with TSMC. Back then FPGAs were use as process pipe cleaners due to their...
Lip-Bu Tan
12 hours ago
Congrats Ken Hao & SilverLake to become 51% new shareholder of Altera and Intel is proud to have 49% significant shareholder. We are super excited to have my close friend and well respected semiconductor executive, Raghib to be new CEO Altera. We are excited and looking...
Intel 14A is not cancelled. At a minimum it will be used internally. From what I hear Intel Foundry has 14A customers in process. Lip-Bu Tan is out working the customers with Kevin O'Buckley, they are a great team. Also, Intel 14A will use HNA-EUV so it could have a density advantage over TSMC...
I think the Altera acquisition was a huge loss/distraction for Intel. It was $16.7B in cash! And that was back when $16.7B was a lot of money. :ROFLMAO: AMD went and bought Xilinx and put Altera in the review view mirror.
Will Intel divest the remaining shares of Altera? I thought they would...
TSMC made A16 for Nvidia so yes they will be first. The hyperscalers will be next. I have not heard anything about AMD designing to BSPD but I am sure they will. The first version of TSMC A14 does not have BSPD but that could change. Nvidia is a big driver of technology.
Entering a golden period of growth, mass production will begin in the second half of next year, and Nvidia is considering introducing
TSMC's A16, which will go into mass production in the second half of next year, will be a significant turning point in TSMC's most advanced manufacturing...
He is not wrong. I wonder if this was one of the things his CEO dinners came up with? Sounds like it.
Quarterly reporting is a burden and yes it does change the focus of the C Level. I have been through this and not only is it expensive/time consuming, it does put pressure on short term goals...
The presentation discusses the development of an area-efficient SRAM compiler for IHP's SG13G2 open-source process, part of the FlowSpace project funded by the German government. The speaker outlines the SRAM compiler design, emphasizing its simplicity (using a six-transistor cell) and the...
Hello Daniel –
Today marks the beginning of a new era for Altera. With the close of Silver Lake’s acquisition of a 51% stake, Altera is now the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider. Independence positions Altera to innovate faster and invest in developing an even stronger portfolio...
Investing.com -- Intel revealed in a filing on Monday that it has lowered its full-year 2025 adjusted operating expense target following the sale of a majority stake in Altera to private equity firm Silver Lake.
The company now expects non-GAAP operating expenses of $16.8 billion this year...
China's legacy chip companies are set to gain from the latest escalation in the US-China tech war, as Beijing's latest anti-dumping investigation targets analogue chipmakers from the US.
The Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday the import volume of US mature mode integrated circuit (IC) chips...
