2018 Intel holdout and ageing smartphone is now vintage
The fruity cargo cult Apple has pushed two more products onto its growing list of near-dead gear with the iPhone 6s and the 2018 Mac mini, both now stamped as “vintage.”
Digital dementia debunked
Tech-savvy pensioners have sharper minds
Scaremongering over digital dementia has taken a hit after new research found that older adults who regularly use smartphones, tablets and computers show lower rates of cognitive decline.
Nvidia blindsided by $5.5bn hit
Chipmaker stumbles as trade war with China tightens its grip
Chipmaker Nvidia has been slapped with a $5.5 billion (€5.2 billion) financial gut punch after the US government demanded export licences for its H20 AI chip sales to China and Hong Kong.
Nvidia and partners to make AI supercomputers in US
Over a few years, investment worth 500B
Nvidia is working with partners to manufacture AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. Together with leading manufacturing partners, the company has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space: facilities in Arizona will build and test NVIDIA Blackwell chips, while those in Texas will assemble the AI supercomputers. Jensen Huang is bringing some jobs back.
Intel sells 51 percent of Altera
Tan's first big move
Intel Corporation's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first big move was to sell 51 percent of Altera to SilverLake at an $8.75 billion valuation. The company still retains 49 percent. Intel acquired Altera in 2015 for approximately $16.7 billion.