Intel has offered to acquire SiFive, a startup that designs custom chips for devices and servers, for more than $2 billion, Bloomberg reported . The approach makes sense given that one of Intel’s main rivals, Nvidia, is in the process of acquiring Arm Holdings, which designs chips for companies like Qualcomm, Samsung, Huawei and Apple. If the $40 billion deal gets regulatory approval, having...
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What’s in a name? In the case of Apple-designed silicon, not much: from the A-series of chips designed for iPhones through to the M1 and new M2 chips, Apple’s only revision to each new name is updating the number.So, when Mark Gurman of Bloomberg says he expects that Apple’s mixed reality headset will use the M2 chip—which lines up with what The Information’s Wayne Ma reported last month—and...
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