Nvidia Arm Eetimes

Over 95 of smartphone cpus are based on arm s ip.

Nvidia arm eetimes. In 2016 softbank acquired arm holdings for 32 billion. Is reported to be in talks to purchase arm holdings plc. This includes alicloud which although more diversified still uses nvidia for over 80 of its accelerators. Risc v speaks on options after nvidia arm news september 18 2020 nitin dahad as the embedded industry digests the implications of the proposed acquisition of arm by nvidia while the big licensees have so far remained tight lipped in talking publicly about their thoughts risc v international the organization supporting the adoption of risc v has been quick to highlight the options ahead.

If true the move would be beyond stupid. Nvidia and arm will have to work hard on government relations as well as the industry if they are to overcome some strong lobbying by two of the people who were instrumental in founding arm. Arm and nvidia share a vision and passion that ubiquitous energy efficient computing will help address the world s most pressing issues from climate change to healthcare from agriculture to education said simon segars ceo of arm. Is reported to be in talks to purchase arm holdings plc.

It s easy to see why nvidia is interested in arm. Nvidia also noted that it will continue arm s open licensing model and customer neutrality and expand arm s ip licensing portfolio with nvidia technology however we do not know how nvidia s said plan will be perceived by arm s current licensees among them some of the biggest names in the semiconductor industry today. It would be reckless and would ignite a firestorm of negative reactions from current and potential arm licenses and be on a long term basis counter productive for nvidia and its shareholders. British prime minister theresa may welcomed the deal as in the national interest.

If true the move would be beyond stupid. In this he covers why the combination of nvidia and arm was very pro customer. Nvidia s focus has been on ai in the cloud. Its gpus are market leaders in this space with the global top four cloud services using nvidia gpus for 97 of their accelerators.

Expected to be one of the most powerful ai supercomputers in the world this system will combine arm cpus nvidia s gpu technology and nvidia mellanox dpus along with high performance computing and ai software from nvidia and partners. It would be reckless and would ignite a firestorm of negative reactions from current and potential arm licenses and be on a long term basis counter productive for nvidia and its shareholders.