China Reform Holdings attempting to seize control of British chip designer Imagination

In an exclusive news bulletin, Sky News has revealed that Imagination, which makes graphics processing units (GPUs) for customers including Samsung and Apple and is one of the UK’s most important technology companies, is scheduled to have an emergency board meeting next week in order to discuss the appointment of four representatives of China Reform…

AMD and HPE win U.S. supercomputer deal which will model nuclear blasts

In a statement, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co stated, they had won a $600 million deal to deliver a supercomputer that will be used by the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear security arm to support the nation’s nuclear arsenal. The supercomputer, dubbed El Capitan, named after the famous rock face in…

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd releases world’s smallest DRAM chip

The South Korean giant plans on shifting over the bulk of its chip production to this new 10-nanometre class in 2018 that is widely expected to be adopted in high data crunching areas including cloud computing, high-end smartphones, and GPUs. On Wednesday, in a development that widens Samsung Electronics Co’s technical lead over its peers,…

Nvidia’s GPUs to power cryptocurrencies, IoT devices and fully automated cars

Graphics chip makers, including AMD and Nvidia, are well placed to cater to the growing demand for smart devices, including fully automated cars. On Thursday, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia Corp said it sees artificial intelligence enabling fully automated cars to hit the consumer market within the next four years. A prominent brand in…