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27Mar By AdityaNo Comments

CHINA

China Implements New Guidelines to Ban Intel, AMD Processors in Government Computers

Beijing, 27th March 2024: China recently introduced new procurement guidelines aimed at reducing its reliance on foreign technology, specifically U.S. processors, in government computers and servers. This move effectively blocks chips from leading companies like Intel and AMD, as reported by the Financial Times. The guidelines, which were unveiled on Dec. 26 and are now in effect, also impact Microsoft's Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favor of Chinese alternatives. Government agencies at the township level have been instructed to purchase "safe and reliable" processors and operating systems, according to the FT report. Both AMD and Intel have refrained from commenting on the matter. This development is part of China's broader efforts to bolster its dom...

Intel launches 11th Gen Intel Core Processors

3Sep By PriyankaNo Comments

Tech

Intel launches 11th Gen Intel Core Processors

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Intel launches nine new 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics (code-named “Tiger Lake”) on Sept. 2, 2020. Intel said that they are the world’s best processors for thin-and-light laptops with unmatched capabilities for real-world productivity, collaboration, creation, gaming, and entertainment across Windows and ChromeOS-based laptops. Leveraging Intel’s new SuperFin process technology, 11th Gen Intel Core processors optimize power efficiency with leading performance and responsiveness while running at significantly higher frequencies versus prior generations. More than 150 designs based on 11th Gen Intel Core processors are expected from partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, Dynabook, HP, Lenovo, LG, MSI, Razer, Samsung, and others. A ...

5May By PriyankaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Intel Acquires Moovit for $900 Million

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4, 2020 – Intel Corporation has acquired Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company, for approximately $900 million ($840 million net of Intel Capital equity gain). Moovit is known for its urban mobility application that offers travelers around the world the best multimodal trip planning by combining public transportation, bicycle and scooter services, ride-hailing, and car-sharing. The addition of Moovit brings Intel’s Mobileye closer to achieving its plan to become a complete mobility provider, including robotaxi services, which is forecast to be an estimated $160 billion opportunity by 2030. “Intel’s purpose is to create world-changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on Earth, and our Mobileye team delivers on that pur...

NVIDIA beats Intel and Microsoft, acquire Mellanox for $6.9 Billion

12Mar By AdityaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

NVIDIA beats Intel and Microsoft, acquire Mellanox for $6.9 Billion

Tech-based company NVIDIA will acquire Mellanox for approx $6.9 billion beating other tech giants like Microsoft and Intel in the acquisition race. As per the report, NVIDIA will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125 per share in cash. The deal will complete in the end of 2019. In the media report, Microsoft was interested in the acquisition of Mellanox. Then Intel came into the picture, looking to buy it for around $6 billion but in the end, NVIDIA emerged on the last day offer higher bid a $7 billion+ all-cash and seal the deal. The acquisition will unite two of the world’s leading companies in high performance computing (HPC). Together, NVIDIA’s computing platform and Mellanox’s interconnects power over 250 of the world’s TOP500 supercomp...

China’s JD.com Partners Intel to Develop ‘smart’ Retail experiences

11Dec By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

China’s JD.com Partners Intel to Develop ‘smart’ Retail experiences

China’s second highest-profile investor behind Alibaba known as JD.com has partnered with another U.S. tech giant that is Intel. Both the companies stated that they will set up a “lab” focused on bringing Internet-of-Things technology into the retail process. This would probably include new-generationvending machines, advertising experiences and more. That future is mostly offline — or, in China tech speak, “online-to-offline” retail — but combining the benefits of e-commerce with brick and mortar physical retail shopping. The e-commerce company already works with Intel on personalized shopping experiences, but this new lab is focused on taking things further with new projects and working to “facilitate their introduction to global markets.” “The Digitized Retail J...

Intel To Acquire a Chip Developer To Boost Up Operations

13Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Intel To Acquire a Chip Developer To Boost Up Operations

Multinational technology firm Intel Corp has made an announcement that it is acquiring a chip manufacturer called eASIC based in Santa Clara. However, the details of the deal have not been disclosed yet. An Intel spokeswoman stated that the amount was "not material." The acquisition has basically been made to assist Intel’s efforts to diversify away from CPU chips and to boost up the technology utilization along with improved performance, cost, power and life cycles of product. “We’re seeing the largest adoption of FPGA ever because of the explosion of data and cloud services, and we think this will give us a lot of differentiation versus the likes of Xilinx. We’ll be able to offer an end-to-end lifecycle that fits today’s changing workloads and infrastructure. No one on the marketplac...

Intel Declares The Resignation Of CEO Brian Krzanich

22Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

News

Intel Declares The Resignation Of CEO Brian Krzanich

Intel Corp., the popular technology firm has declared the resignation of its chief executive officer Brian Krzanich on Thursday. This event was followed by an inquiry that proved that the CEO was in a consensual relationship with an Intel employee, which is against the company’s policies. Krzanich was serving Intel Corp. as CEO since the past five years that is 2013. He moved up the positions in the company over more than three decades. One of the sources claimed that Krzanich’s relationship with the subordinate was not recent. However, Intel got to know about the same only a few days ago. "An ongoing investigation by internal and external counsel has confirmed a violation of Intel's non-fraternization policy, which applies to all managers," the company said in a statement. "Given the ...

10May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

CHINA

China’s ZTE Main Business Operations Cease after USA Ban

Chinese Multinational Agglomerate, ZTE was hit by a ban from Washington, forbidding U.S firms from supplying it with components and technology allegations of violating against U.S export restrictions by illegally shipping goods to Iran. The U.S ban which threatens to cut ZTE supply chain came amidst the heightened tensions over a possible China-U.S Trade War. The Chinese government too had raised the issue of the ban while visiting U.S trade delegation. In its exchange filings on Wednesday, ZTE said, "As a result of the Denial Order, the major operating activities of the company have ceased. As of now, the company maintains sufficient cash and strictly adheres to its commercial obligations subject in compliance with laws and regulations." The U.S. action which was first reporte...

Intel’s Accelerated System Performance, Reduce Scanning Load

19Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Intel’s Accelerated System Performance, Reduce Scanning Load

Conventional anti-virus products do not have the same impact on system performance that they used to back in the single core days. Thanks to Intel, as it has come up with a new technology called Accelerated Memory Scanning (AMS) that will help to reduce scanning load on machines with sky lake and newer CPU's. AMS will be ready for launch in Intel's 6th, 7th, and 8th generation processors making it work for most of the PC's and notebooks launched in last two to three years. The application is compatible to work with Microsoft Defender, an inbuilt security program present in Windows 10 PCs. Microsoft will integrate it with Defender by the end of this month. The core principle behind the technology is shifting the load from CPU to GPU that will accelerate the scanning process while redu...

Apple Plans to Making its Own Custom Mac Chips

3Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Apple Plans to Making its Own Custom Mac Chips

Apple is planning a smart transition from Intel chips to its own made MAC chips starting as early as 2020, as per the reports are to be believed. Apple promising initiative titled,"Kalamata" is in a very rudimentary phase as of now but, nevertheless, has come forward with an intention to align all apple devices- iPhones, iPads and the MAC in a seamless and similarly working environment, according to unspecified sources. The mega project which is currently in a multi-phase transition has already been approved by company's executives. The change could act as a defining moment for Apple. While Intel chips are one of the very few components designed by another side in Apple's product portfolio, this move will reduce the dependency making it stand out completely in the technology landscap...

Security Flaws Put Virtually All Intel, AMD Devices At Risk, Warn Researchers

4Jan By reutersNo Comments

Tech

Security Flaws Put Virtually All Intel, AMD Devices At Risk, Warn Researchers

Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings. One of the bugs is specific to Intel but another affects laptops, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and internet servers alike. Intel and ARM insisted that the issue was not a design flaw, but it will require users to download a patch and update their operating system to fix. “Phones, PCs, everything are going to have some impact, but it’ll vary from product to product,” Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday afternoon. Researchers with Alphabet Inc’s Google Project Zero, in conjunction with academic an...

Bargaining Chip? China Seen Closely Scrutinising Qualcomm, Broadcom Deal

7Nov By reutersNo Comments

BUSINESS

Bargaining Chip? China Seen Closely Scrutinising Qualcomm, Broadcom Deal

A potential mega-merger between chipmaker Broadcom Ltd and U.S. rival Qualcomm Inc is likely to face stern scrutiny in China, antitrust lawyers say, amid a strategic push by Beijing into semiconductors. Broadcom made an unsolicited $103 billion bid for Qualcomm on Monday, aimed at creating a $200-billion-plus behemoth that could reshape the industry at the heart of mobile phone hardware. But Chinese regulatory approval could be a hold-up. Beijing and Washington have sparred over technology deals, including in chips, with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) knocking back a number of takeovers involving Chinese firms this year. The thorny topic is likely to come up when U.S. President Donald Trump visits China this week - with Qualcomm executives in tow....