UK GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE NVIDIA’S ARM ACQUISITION OVER SECURITY CONCERNS

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• Government of UK is going to investigate the ARM acquisition of NVIDIA over the concerns of national security
• Oliver Dowden said that, he has issued an intervention notice on the national security grounds

The government o...

PHOTO SHOWS HI-END HASSE LAPTOP MINING CRYPTOCURRENCY USING GPUs

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•             GPU powered laptops mine cryptocurrency in China

•             The Nvidia cards used for mining are highly sought by game...

TSMC WIDENS THE CHASM WITH SAMSUNG DOING EXPONENTIAL SALES IN 5-NM CHIP PRODUCTION

• In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, global foundry companies are expected to see their sales grow exponentially in 10 years in 2020.
• Market research firm TrendForce forestalled on Nov. 19 that global foundry sales will increase 23.8 percent in 2020 from the previous year.
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SOFTBANK REPORTS A SURGE IN NET PROFIT BY $1.88 TRILLION IN THE FIRST HALF

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• SoftBank reports a surge in net profit by $1.88 trillion in the first half.
• The company’s sales totaled 2.63 trillion yen in the six months to September.
• The company’s investment funds logged a profit of 1.34 ...

TECH GIANTS’ RELENTLESS WORK ON AI MIMICKING HUMAN LANGUAGE PROGRESSIVELY

• While artificial intelligence is slowly reducing the chasm between digital technology and everyday life, AI that speaks and coherently understands human language flawlessly is still a work in progress for tech firms.
• Google’s Duplex technology, for instance, has been givi...

WE NEED $50 BILLION TO MANUFACTURE IN U.S.: CHIP INDUSTRY

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• The Semiconductor Industry Association is the representative of leading companies like Qualcomm Inc. And Intel Corp

• The lobbying group also said the country needs to keep a chunk of this work domestic so it can maintain its knowledge base and ownership...

CHINA CONTENTIOUS HURDLE IN ARM HOLDINGS SALE TO US FIRM NVIDIA

• China is originating  as a contentious hurdle to the controversial $40bn (£31bn) sale of the UK’s largest technology firm, Arm Holdings, as the British government  mulls upon whether to intervene in the deal.
• Unions and Arm’s co-founder have prodded ...

SOFTBANK TO SELL OFF ITS STAKE AT ARM LTD. TO U.S NVIDIA CORP AT $40 BILLION

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• SoftBank to sell off its stake at Arm Ltd. to U.S Nvidia Corp. at $40 billion.
• SoftBank Group intends to recover from its recent investment losses by the sale.
• The sale is expected to be completed by around March 202...