Brussels flexes muscles on Nvidia’s Arm deal
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UK not the only one worried

Brussels is set to launch a formal competition probe early next month into Nvidia's planned $54 billion takeover of British chip designer ARM, after months of informal discussions between regulators and the US chip company.

Nvidia’s ARM takeover needs a longer antitrust probe
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British are worried that there is not enough probing.

Nvidia's planned $40 billion takeover of chipmaker Arm should get a longer antitrust probe, British regulators warned after rejecting potential concessions.

Jensen makes fake keynote
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Friday, 13 August 2021 11:12

Jensen makes fake keynote


Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's iconic kitchen, where he presented three pandemic-era keynote addresses in 2021 was entirely fake… even the man himself.

Nvidia releases card for small form factor PCs
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021 11:38

Nvidia releases card for small form factor PCs


Only 6.6 inches 

Nvidia has released a ray tracing RTX card specifically designed for small form factor PCs which is 2.7-inches tall and 6.6-inches long.

UK blocking ARM and Nvidia deal
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 12:06

UK blocking ARM and Nvidia deal


National security reasons

The UK is considering blocking a takeover of Arm by Nvidia due to potential risks to national security.

Nvidia fails to submit paperwork to the European Commission
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EC needs at least six months to decide

North Americans always wonder how much vacation Europeans take, and it looks like this behavior will affect Nvidia's attempt to acquire ARM for $40 billion. It is starting to look like this acquisition will take much longer than Jensen promised, and the European Commission regulatory body has to be very concerned about the potential Nvidia antitrust position. The matter has been addressed before

Nvidia brings Windows 11 support with Geforce 471.41 WHQL driver
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DLSS support for Red Dead Redemption 2 as well

Nvidia has released its latest Geforce 471.41 WHQL driver, which is both a Game Ready driver release as well as adds support for Windows 11 OS, CUDA 11.4, and more.

Cambridge-1 switched on
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Friday, 09 July 2021 13:24

Cambridge-1 switched on


Speeding up disease treatment

A British supercomputer, backed by some of Nvidia’s hottest, sorry finest, chips has been switched on and is busy making the process of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease better, faster and cheaper.

UK flogs its largest fab to the Chinese
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At least the Europeans didn't get it 

The UK's largest chip producer, Newport Wafer Fab, is set to be acquired by Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia for around $87 million next week. The deal comes shortly after the crown jewel of the UK tech industry, ARM, agreed to be acquired by US chip giant Nvidia for $40 billion. 

Nvidia invests $100 million in UK supercomputer
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Showing commitment to ARM operations

Nvidia is spending at least $100 million on a supercomputer in the United Kingdom in a move to show the UK authorities how committed it is to the country now that it wants to own Arm.