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Google Cloud debuts Arm-based Axion cloud CPUs
Google LLC’s cloud unit today detailed Axion, an internally developed central processing unit based on a core design from Arm Holdings plc. The CPU made its debut at the company’s Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas during the keynote by Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian (pictured). The event also saw the cloud unit announce the ...
Google’s GDC Hosted private cloud platform can now run more public sector workloads
Google LLC today detailed that GDC Hosted, its private cloud platform, is now authorized to run a broader range of sensitive public sector workloads. GDC Hosted launched into general availability last March. It enables organizations to deploy a miniature version of Google Cloud in their private data centers. According to the company, a GDC Hosted ...
Google integrates its Gemini Pro large language model into Android Studio
Google LLC today rolled out an upgrade to the coding assistant in Android Studio, its toolkit for building Android apps. Android Studio is a so-called IDE, or integrated development environment. It’s a kind of word processor in which developers can write the code for new apps. Android Studio also offers other features, including an emulator ...
TSMC wins $11.6B in federal grants and loans to build third US fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has won $11.6 billion worth of federal financing to build a third chip fab in Phoenix, Arizona, the White House announced today. The funds will be provided through a preliminary agreement the company has inked with the U.S. Commerce Department. The first tranche of funding is expected to arrive in ...
Microsoft researchers detail two China-backed disinformation campaigns
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday detailed two China-backed disinformation campaigns that target voters in the U.S. and abroad via social media. The campaigns were uncovered by the tech giant’s MTAC unit, or Microsoft Threat Analysis Center. It’s a team of researchers focused on uncovering online threats such as state-backed cyberattacks. The first campaign that Microsoft detailed ...
Apple cuts 600+ jobs across electric car, microLED display teams
Apple Inc. is letting go 614 employees in California, according to regulatory filings spotted by the Wall Street Journal today. The layoffs reportedly affect teams that worked on two recently canceled engineering initiatives. The first initiative, which was known internally as Project Titan, focused on developing an electric car. The other was an effort on ...
Samsung forecasts 931% operating profit surge amid new Texas fab reports
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today released preliminary financial results for the first quarter, revealing that its operating profit likely jumped nearly tenfold from a year earlier. The earnings surge comes amid rumors that the company is planning a major expansion of its chip production infrastructure. Three years ago, Samsung started building a new processor fab in ...
OpenAI rolls out new AI optimization features to its fine-tuning API
OpenAI today debuted a set of new tools that will make it easier to optimize its large language models for specific tasks. Most of the additions are rolling out for the company’s fine-tuning application programming interface, which it launched last August. The API allows customers to supply OpenAI language models with additional data not included ...
Report: Alphabet could make an acquisition offer for HubSpot
Alphabet Inc. might make an offer for marketing software giant HubSpot Inc., Reuters reported today. Sources told the news agency that the Google LLC parent has held discussions with Morgan Stanley advisers about the potential acquisition. The price of the deal is among the topics believed to have come up. HubSpot had a market capitalization of ...
SiMA.ai reels in $70M to develop AI chips for edge computing devices
SiMA.ai, a startup that develops processors for industrial robots and other edge computing devices, has secured $70 million in fresh funding. The chipmaker detailed in its announcement of the round today that Maverick Capital was the lead investor. The round also included the participation of other institutional backers, among them Dell Technologies Capital, as well ...