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Competition watchdog to investigate Nvidia acquisition of Arm

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting initial views ahead of the acquisition of Cambridge-based Arm by US graphics chip designer Nvidia. The regulator will consider the possible effect of the deal on competition in the UK.  The CMA is inviting third parties to submit their initial views on the acquisition’s impact on … Read more

Cerebras AI compute system 200x faster than supercomputer

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Cerebras has worked with the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to demonstrate its CS-1 system, which is based on the world’s largest chip.  The CS-1 is powered by Cerebras’ Wafer Scale Engine (WSE), which was first presented in November 2019. While chipmakers typically cut a wafer into hundreds of separate chips, Cerebras … Read more