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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached an agreement to acquire Cray, the manufacturer of supercomputing systems.
HPE says the acquisition will cost $35 per share, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion, net of cash.
Antonio Neri, president and CEO, HPE, says: “Answers to some of society’s most pressing challenges are buried in massive amounts of data. [Read more…] about HPE to acquire supercomputer manufacturer Cray for $1.3 billion
Marvell, a computer networking technology supplier, has reached an agreement to purchase Avera Semi, the chip design business of Global Foundries.
Marvell will initially pay $650 million in cash and an additional $90 million over the next year or so, depending on the performance of the business.
Marvell says the acquisition brings together Avera Semi’s “leading custom design capabilities with Marvell’s advanced technology platform and scale”, creating a “leading application specific integrated circuit supplier for wired and wireless infrastructure”. [Read more…] about Marvell to acquire Avera Semi for $740 million
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is to acquire the remaining shares of Iconics, Inc., a U.S. software company focused on SCADA, IoT, mobile, analytics and cloud software products for the manufacturing, industrial and building-automation markets.
The acquisition makes the company a 100% subsidiary within the Mitsubishi Electric Group.
Mitsubishi Electric aims to enhance its software product lineup to realise e-F@ctory, including edge-computing, by combining Iconics’ software-developing capabilities and Mitsubishi Electric’s factory-automation technology.
e-F@ctory is an integrated solution based on factory automation (FA) and information technologies to reduce the total cost of developing, producing and maintaining products.
[Read more…] about Mitsubishi Electric to acquire US software company Iconics
LG has unveiled its own microprocessor specifically designed for artificial intelligence.
The company says the new chip is part of its strategy to accelerate the development of AI devices for the home.
LG’s own AI chip contains the proprietary LG Neural Engine to “better mimic the neural network of the human brain” in order to greatly improve the processing of deep learning algorithms. [Read more…] about LG unveils its own AI chip
Leading technology companies in the US have started to cut off supplies to Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei, according to Bloomberg.
US chipmakers such as Intel, Qualcomm, and Xilinx are reported to have said they will not supply Huawei until further notice.
Meanwhile, Google is reported by the Wall Street Journal to have banned Huawei from using some services in its version of the Android operating system for smartphones. [Read more…] about Top US semiconductor companies stop supplying Huawei
Microsoft is developing what it describes as “an end-to-end toolchain to help make it easier for every developer and every organization to create autonomous systems for their own scenarios”.
The tech giant offered a glimpse into one of the components of the new robotics platform at the company’s recent Build conference for developers.
The “limited preview” talks about autonomous systems, motion control, machine teaching, and smart buildings and homes, among other things.
[Read more…] about Microsoft developing new robotics platformComputer manufacturer Lenovo is showcasing a preview model of what it claims is “the world’s first foldable” personal computer. In other words, it’s a laptop with a foldable screen.
Unveiled within days of Samsung announcing a recall of its Galaxy Fold smartphone because of technical problems, the new foldable laptop will be part of Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 range.
Lenovo says the “unprecedented portability” of the folding laptop will not compromise productivity and reliability.
[Read more…] about Lenovo showcases ‘world’s first’ laptop with foldable screenBASF Venture Capital is joining a group of prominent investors in the Series A investment round of Zapata Computing, Inc.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zapata is developing both a powerful software platform as well as specific applications for Global 1000 companies to effectively use a range of emerging quantum computing hardware.
By investing in Zapata, BASF Venture Capital supports BASF’s strategic goal to take advantage of the opportunities that digitalisation offers along the entire value chain.
[Read more…] about BASF invests in quantum computing startup ZapataNearly 55 percent of total commercial robots shipped in 2024 will have at least one Robot Operating System package installed, according to ABI Research
The Robot Operating System, or ROS, is a flexible and collaborative open-source framework for building operating systems for robotics.
As its adoption continues to grow, ROS is aiming to become the industry standard for robotics middleware.
According to ABI Research, a market research company, nearly 55 percent of total commercial robots shipped in 2024 – over 915,000 units – will have at least one ROS package installed, creating a large installed base of ROS-enabled robots.
[Read more…] about The rise of the Robot Operating SystemThe Eclipse Foundation has launched the openMobility Working Group, which will focus on open and shared collaboration around one of the major issues in urban planning around autonomous vehicles and future transportation requirements – traffic simulation and modelling.
The Eclipse Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community.
Based on the cutting-edge Eclipse Simulation of Urban Mobility project that originated at the German Aerospace Center, the openMobility Working Group brings together researchers and industry to create a common simulation platform for urban areas in a shared collaboration, open source environment.
[Read more…] about Eclipse Foundation launches openMobility group to plan future of autonomous cars
