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Softbank set to buy Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion and could integrate it with Arm and Graphcore

Arm's Japanese owner is buying Ampere, Arm's only independent server chip vendor, for $6.5 billion.

SoftBank to acquire Arm CPUs for datacenter firm Ampere in $6.5 billion cash deal

SoftBank to acquire Arm CPUs for datacenter firm Ampere in $6.5 billion cash deal

SoftBank buys Ampere for $6.5 billion in cash, may use them in Stargate datacenters.

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Nvidia Blackwell RTX Pro with up to 96GB of VRAM — even more demand for the limited supply of GPUs

Nvidia Blackwell RTX Pro with up to 96GB of VRAM — even more demand for the limited supply of GPUs

Nvidia announced the upcoming Blackwell RTX Pro GPUs, which will power upcoming desktop and mobile workstations as well as data center inferencing platforms. The top solution will leverage the GB202 chip with up to 96GB of GDDR7 memory.

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Arm to launch first self-made processors, poaching employees from clients: Reports

Arm lands first order from Meta for its first in-house designed datacenter processor, which will rival CPUs from Arm's partners.

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Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it

Ampere Computing could be sold to Softbank for $6.5 billion in a surprising move that could change the data center CPU market.

A new analysis claims that Microsoft's Xbox has become the top games publisher in the world

An analytics firm has handed Microsoft the games publishing crown. With almost half a billion in spending, Microsoft's multiplatform strategy is paying off for Xbox, at least according to this analysis.

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Your RTX 3080 and other older GPUs could get new AI superpowers after RTX 5090 launch, and I'm happy Nvidia is even considering it

Nvidia might be focused on launching the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, but it might eventually look into official Frame Generation support for RTX 30-series GPUs.

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Why would Arm's owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason

Why would Arm's owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason

SoftBank eyes Ampere Computing to strengthen its foothold and challenge AMD and Intel head-on.

Football on TV: fans ‘paying almost 60% more to watch all big games than in 2020’

Football on TV: fans ‘paying almost 60% more to watch all big games than in 2020’

Analysis shows rise from £89.23 a month to £140.21 between 2019-2020 and 2024-2025 seasons

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Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint

Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint

Ampere, a semiconductor designer leveraging Arm's technology, was valued at $8 billion during a proposed minority investment by Japan’s SoftBank in 2021

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World's fastest Arm PC put to the test — 128-core Ampere Altra Max CPU claims 128-core Cinebench 2024 world record

World's fastest Arm PC put to the test — 128-core Ampere Altra Max CPU claims 128-core Cinebench 2024 world record

Maker and influencer Jeff Geerling describes the recently released Thelio Astra from System76 as 'the fastest Arm desktop computer in the world.'

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Market for TV streaming advertising to pass £1bn

Market for TV streaming advertising to pass £1bn

Two years after Netflix introduced ads, streaming advertising is 30% of the size of traditional TV ad market

The Guardian - UK

What a difference a year makes: Nvidia's RTX 40-series share of the Steam Hardware Survey is 80% larger than this time last year but its last-gen RTX chips still rule the roost

What a difference a year makes: Nvidia's RTX 40-series share of the Steam Hardware Survey is 80% larger than this time last year but its last-gen RTX chips still rule the roost

RDNA 2 chips are AMD's best performer, outstripping all the rest of Team Red's GPUs combined.

System76 and Ampere look to drive innovation in automotive tech with new Arm-powered Linux desktop

System76 and Ampere look to drive innovation in automotive tech with new Arm-powered Linux desktop

Thelio Astra looks to help boost development of autonomous vehicles.

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Datacenter chipmaker Ampere, once valued at $8 billion, explores possible sale: Report

Oracle-backed Ampere is exploring potential sale, Bloomberg says.

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The PS5 Pro's eye-watering price point is actually Xbox's fault, apparently. "A lack of direct competitor."

An analysis from Ampere has blamed Sony's PS5 Pro price point on a "lack of competition," owing to Microsoft's decision to opt out of a mid-gen Xbox Series X.

Broadcasting & Cable

Netflix's Older Seasons Average an 86% Viewership Boost When New Episodes Drop

Ampere Analysis notes that the season 1 and 2 audience French crime-thriller series 'Lupin' increased five fold following the release of season 3 last year

Breaking the 1000-core barrier: Ampere unveils roadmap for a 512-core CPU as battle for cloud-native market — but is it already too little too late for the lone Arm chip vendor?

Ampere unveils roadmap for a 512-core CPU, the AmpereOne Aurora for the cloud-native market.

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Steam's favourite GPU, the RTX 3060, is nearing its end as Nvidia gets ready to issue the last batch of chips

Ampere GPUs are still really great but Nvidia wants you to buy Ada instead.

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Ampere unveils monstrous 512-core AmpereOne Aurora processor — custom AI engine, support for HBM memory

Ampere is adding a 512-core AmpereOne Aurora processor to its roadmap, and it also divulged pricing for its AmpereOne lineup.

Viewing of Non-English Language Film and TV Up 24% in English Speaking Countries Since 2020

Increase partly attributed to success of Korean film and TV shows

Nvidia looks to be revamping RTX 3050 mobile GPU with current-gen tech – and that might mean better battery life for budget gaming laptops

Nvidia’s secret weapon for affordable gaming laptops could be… a (kind of) supercharged RTX 3050 graphics card.

Windows Central

What's next for Xbox Game Pass? Cloud-only tier, exploring ad-based tiers, and the return of the Family Plan?

Xbox Game Pass has been controversial in some corners, but right now, there's no sign to suggest that it isn't here to stay. What does the immediate future hold for Xbox Game Pass? Here's what I've heard.

Broadcasting & Cable

Disney Bundlers Are 59% Less Likely To Churn, Research Company Says (Chart)

Ampere Analysis offers the latest findings on why a streaming business that allows its customers to quit instantly for free should bundle its services

Could Bundles Solve the Streaming Churn Problem?

New Ampere study shows 42% of US consumers are SVoD ‘resubscribers’

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