Chip startup Olix raises $312m at $3.3bn valuation, backed by UK gov’t Sovereign AI venture fund
Company is developing suite of specialized inference chips which will be linked by a photonic interconnect
News - UK & Ireland, ARM
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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ByteDance and Oracle named as Arm AGI CPU customers
Revealed by Arm CEO Rene Haas at Computex
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Arm partners with Meta for data center AGI CPU
Marks the first time Arm has produced a physical chip, rather than licensing the IP
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Arm to develop its own chips, says Stargate offers “huge potential” for “different design opportunities”
Comments made on company’s Q1 2026 earnings call
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft
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Arm to release its own data center CPU, secures Meta as first customer
The chip is expected to be available before the end of the year
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Arm expands its presence in Cambridge
Has signed a lease to take over new building at Peterhouse Technology Park
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Arm quarterly revenue totals $939m but still sees shares fall in after hours trading
Company says investment in AI is continuing to grow
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Arm set to launch first AI chips in 2025
Parent company SoftBank currently in negotiations to secure production capacity
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Vodafone strengthens Open RAN push across Europe
The telco has struck partnerships with Nokia and Arm, and also collaborated with Orange in Romania
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Scientists power a computer with algae and sunlight
Photosynthesis could be an energy source for the Internet of Things
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UK gov sanctions Russian chip companies Baikal Electronics, Mikron, and MCST, blocking Arm licensing
Finally catching up with US on Ukraine-invasion chip sanctions
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SK Hynix says it is reviewing acquiring Arm
As part of a consortium
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Arm would "deprioritize data center and PC" markets if it went public, claims Nvidia
In a final attempt to win over regulators as acquisition appears poised to fail
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UK government preps deeper investigation into Nvidia's Arm acquisition
Regulators around the world grow uneasy about potential deal
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UK regulator finds “significant competition concerns” with Nvidia-Arm deal
CMA says deal needs further investigation as regulators around the world take a closer look at the deal
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UK Gov considers blocking Nvidia's Arm acquisition
Yet another roadblock in a deal that is struggling to come together
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Nvidia ups investment pledge in UK supercomputer to $100m as Arm acquisition faces regulators
Lobbying via data center investment
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Qualcomm says it could buy stake in Arm if Nvidia sale was blocked
As part of a larger industry consortium
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UK to probe national security implications of Nvidia's attempted acquisition of Arm
An American tech company being large and powerful in the UK? Never
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Chip start-up Graphcore asks UK government to block Nvidia's Arm acquisition
While Renesas plans Dialog Semiconductor acquisition
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UK regulators to review Nvidia's Arm acquisition
And Nvidia chooses Kao for its Cambridge supercomputer
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Nvidia pledges to build the UK's largest supercomputer, following Arm acquisition
$52m supercomputer in Cambridge
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Bamboo Systems gets $7m from investors and UK Government
Arm vendor gets support from Covid-19 Future Fund and existing supporters
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Nvidia to acquire Arm for $40 billion
If regulators will let it
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Isambard, Europe's largest Arm-based supercomputer, goes live
Designed by GW4 Alliance in partnership with Cray and the UK's Met Office
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Marvell offers to buy Cavium for $6bn
Hoping to create a silicon powerhouse with a broader portfolio
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HPE announces its first Arm-based HPC system
Apollo 70 hopes to succeed where Moonshot had failed