
ARM's Chinese CEO is revolting
Appears to be taking ARM IP into new company
ARM's Chinese CEO has seized control of ARM’s Chinese business venture, ARM China and attempted to use IP to launch a new company.

Brussels flexes muscles on Nvidia’s Arm deal
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
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.

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
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.

ARM sees flexible processors as a new thing
Printed for a few cents
UK computer chip designer ARM is showing off a new processor which could be manufactured for cents by printing circuits directly onto paper, cardboard or cloth.

ARM claims that performance per watt is the new Moore’s Law
ARM claims what is watt
A new article on the ARM Blueprint blog claims that Moore’s Law is rather old hat and the new black will be the performance per watt.

Windows 11 updates on Snapdragon 8CX
Update: now it does Galaxy Book S doesn't automatically gets it
I always like to play with the next generation of Windows and have been an active part of the Windows Insider program for years. Out of curiosity, after Intel-powered devices, I wanted to update Galaxy Book S powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8CX. I was surprised to see that Microsoft currently doesn't offer this feature, at least not automatically.

UK flogs its largest fab to the Chinese
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.

Microsoft refreshes Office
Also releases ARM version
Software King of the World Microsoft has released a visually "refreshed" version of its Office desktop apps for both Windows 10 and 11.