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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Nintex on September 14, 2020, 06:01:44 AM

Title: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: Nintex on September 14, 2020, 06:01:44 AM

Official now
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai?ncid=so-twit-58914#cid=gnl_so-twit_en-us (https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai?ncid=so-twit-58914#cid=gnl_so-twit_en-us)

Quote

Unites NVIDIA’s leadership in artificial intelligence with Arm’s vast computing ecosystem to drive innovation for all customers
NVIDIA will expand Arm’s R&D presence in Cambridge, UK, by establishing a world-class AI research and education center, and building an Arm/NVIDIA-powered AI supercomputer for groundbreaking research
NVIDIA will continue Arm’s open-licensing model and customer neutrality and expand Arm’s IP licensing portfolio with NVIDIA technology
Immediately accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin and EPS
Consideration of $40 billion to be met through a combination of NVIDIA shares and cash

 :vr

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on September 14, 2020, 07:32:26 AM

Fine, I'll do it.


Shutup nintex

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on September 14, 2020, 07:41:25 AM

Quote from: riotous on September 14, 2020, 07:38:02 AM

$40 billion?

Cost them an arm..

omg shut up rioutous.

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: naff on September 14, 2020, 05:33:07 PM

jesus, nvidia really running shit. seems cheap considering everything is becoming arm based, i mean m$ paid 8.5 billi just for the skype brandname only to start dissolving it a few years later for teams.

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: thisismyusername on September 14, 2020, 05:39:01 PM

Quote from: naff on September 14, 2020, 05:33:07 PM

jesus, nvidia really running shit. seems cheap considering everything is becoming arm based, i mean m$ paid 8.5 billi just for the skype brandname only to start dissolving it a few years later for teams.

It's cheap right now because not everything is ARM if I remember right. PC gamers are stuck with x64 for a while. ARM is only like Raspberry Pi's and other embedded level stuff.

I think ARM is hitting phones but it's going to be the Mac switch (where the costs will go up surely if that's a popular switch) for sure.

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: naff on September 14, 2020, 05:43:51 PM

nearly all phone chips are ARM based, nearly all IoT devices. pc's, servers and sony/ms consoles aren't yet, but i think they're moving that way as x86 architecture improvements aren't scaling that well.

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: Nintex on September 14, 2020, 05:49:34 PM

Nintendo's already on ARM too. With Intel shitting the bed the only thing that is keeping ARM at bay is AMD Ryzen.

But with Nvidia involved I won't be surprised to see ARM based PC systems down the line.

Title: Re: NVIDIA acquires Arm to create SkyNet
Post by: naff on September 14, 2020, 06:05:25 PM

there are already arm based "pc systems"... uptake and support has been pretty spotty