Arm and SoftBank considering Ampere takeover – report
SoftBank first expressed interest in the chipmaker back in 2021
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SoftBank pledges $100bn investment in US during Trump’s presidency
Company previously pledged $50bn investment in the country during Trump’s first term
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SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Chinese data center firm GDS' international business
GDS upsizes $1 billion share issuance by another $200 million
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Japanese cloud companies to build Nvidia AI infrastructure
Efforts supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
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Nvidia and SoftBank announce partnership; will launch AI supercomputer and 5G AI-RAN network in Japan
Projects aim to accelerate Japan’s AI capabilities
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SoftBank installs 4,000 Nvidia H100s for Japanese AI computing platform
AI platform now has 6,000 GPUs installed
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Amazon acquires leasehold on New Zealand land for Kuiper satellite venture
Company granted 20 year lease on 500 sqm of land
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SoftBank courts TSMC for AI chip project after talks with Intel fell apart - report
Japanese conglomerate wants to enter the AI chip space
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SoftBank acquires British AI chip designer Graphcore
Value of the deal undisclosed
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BBIX appoints Hideyuki Sasaki as president and CEO
Outgoing CEO becomes chairman
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Japan's SoftBank plans 150MW, 8 million sq ft data center at LCD panel manufacturing site in Osaka
Telco joins KDDI in planning data center on soon-to-close Sharp factory site
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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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SoftBank in talks to buy AI chip maker Graphcore
Bristol-based IPU maker reported $204m in losses during 2022
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AI chip maker Graphcore in talks over £400m sale
UK semiconductor company has struggled to find investment
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Project Izanagi: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son plans $100bn AI chip venture
Aims to raise funds to compete with Nvidia
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SoftBank delays 3G shutdown in Japan due to recent earthquake
The 3G network was due to be retired at the end of this month
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ADI deploys SambaNova Suite to support generative AI
Deployment will help improve field sales and customer support
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Before he was fired, OpenAI's Altman sought billions for AI chip venture
But is now at Microsoft, which has its own AI chips
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SoftBank completes all-optical network in core areas of Japan
The all-optical network supports Fujitsu's 1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900
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SoftBank to invest up to $400m developing "one of Japan’s largest data centers"
Telco going big for 14th facility – but details sparse for now
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SoftBank conducts 5G HAPS trial in Rwanda
High altitude drone enables 5G video call between Rwanda and Japan
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Lambda Labs close to raising $300 million for AI cloud
Would value GPU business at $1.5 billion
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Arm IPO to value company at up to $52bn
SoftBank plans to raise up to $4.9bn from the listing
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SoftBank files for Arm IPO, set to be biggest of the year
Cashes in its chips at semiconductor designer
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SoftBank conducts HAPS trial flight for next generation Sunglider platform
Data collected from sub-scale flight in Arizona to be used in development of full scale unit
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Amazon, Intel, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, and Samsung in talks to invest in Arm's $60 billion IPO
Big tech looks to keep the chip designer neutral
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SoftBank to absorb HAPSmobile, dissolve unit
Telco promised to continue high-altitude R&D
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Arm in talks with Nvidia to be IPO anchor investor
It failed to acquire the chip company, so may have to settle for some equity