AMD and Intel are combining modular pieces of silicon into a single chip, like assembling Lego blocks. https://media.wired.com/photos/5be0e3f3134e755d734f7f45/master/pass/AMD-FA-NEW.jpg
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The Latest Battleground for Chipmakers: Self-Driving Cars
Japan’s Renesas is buying Integrated Device Technology to bolster its position in the automotive market. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b98526a08bfd37b327cfa5a/master/pass/Renesas_RTS1ONQC.jpg
Chipmakers Qualcomm and Broadcom are fighting to figure out the terms of a $160 billion acquisition
Rival computer chip design and manufacturing companies Qualcomm and Broadcom are publicly hashing out the details of a merger deal that could reach a $ 160 billion (£114 billion) price tag. The prospective deal came about in November when Broadcom made an offer to buy its rival Qualcomm. Qualcomm executives initially resisted the deal, but […]
2 of the world’s biggest chipmakers are sinking as cryptocurrencies get smoked (NVDA, AMD)
Markets Insider Nvidia and AMD are two of the largest producers of graphics processing unit cards for cryptocurrency mining. Both stocks took a hit Friday morning after cryptocurrencies large and small slumped. Shares of Nvidia and AMD, two of the world’s largest chipmakers whose businesses have recently been fueled by supplying graphics cards for cryptocurrency […]
‘Cryptocurrency mania’ burned a $1 billion hedge fund that was betting against chipmakers (NVDA)
Dallas-based Carlson Capital’s Black Diamond Thematic fund has lost 14.2% net this year through July 31, according to a client update reviewed by Business Insider, and bitcoin mania is partly to blame. The $ 1 billion equity long-short fund had been up about 10% after fees around this time last year, Business Insider previously reported. […]
Splitting up with Apple is a chipmaker’s nightmare
Apple is such a powerful company that, for third-party suppliers, it’s hard not to become reliant on the cash that it pays you. But when Apple says that it’s done, choosing to move whatever technology you provide in house, the results can be really painful. Imagination Technologies is one such supplier, famously designing the iPhone’s […]
