Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink
Retro Tech Week Steve Revill of RISC OS Open chats to us about taking the project into the future
OSes17 Jan 2023 | 40
Arm
UK gov makes fresh grab at Arm to list IPO in London
PM reportedly trying to twist CEO's er, arm
Systems09 Jan 2023 | 25
Qualcomm develops one automotive chip to rule them all
CES And one Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC to bind them
Systems05 Jan 2023 | 3
As Arm plays chicken with Qualcomm, both have a lot to lose
Analysis High risk means high reward ... well, usually
Systems04 Jan 2023 | 22
Qualcomm talks up RISC-V, roasts 'legacy architecture' amid war with Arm
Comment Sees opportunity on one side, dictatorial control on the other
Systems15 Dec 2022 | 31
Not all vendors' Arm-powered kit is created equally, benchmark fan finds
Shiny silicon plus Rusty drivers will eventually equal openly saucy happiness
Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 15
NARROWER TOPICS
Arm hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO
Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 3
Alibaba, Tencent enlisted to help sanction-weary China build RISC-V chips
PRC and chums see open-source chip architecture as safer alternative to Arm
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 11
Arm confirms IPO delay till later in 2023, blames global markets
Just look at the 'state' of them, says UK semiconductor designer, but says float will still happen
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
Qualcomm teases custom Arm-compatible Oryon CPU cores designed by Nuvia
Snapdragon giant flips off Softbank, promises processors within next two years
Systems17 Nov 2022 | 13
Arm shells Qualcomm's Snapdragon launch party with latest salvo in license war
Softbank's chip designer warns US giant may lose all of its CPU licenses at this rate
Personal Tech16 Nov 2022 | 9
Qualcomm faces fresh competition in world of Arm-based Windows PCs
Comment Let the games begin...
Systems16 Nov 2022 | 10
Qualcomm pushes latest Arm-powered Snapdragon chip amid bitter license fight
Wi-Fi 7, TSMC 4nm, faster GPU, INT4 and AI everywhere – and a rocky relationship with its CPU designer
Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 2
SiPearl works with AMD on GPU support for Arm HPC chip
Duo also hope to support development of exascale computing at research institutions
Systems15 Nov 2022 |
Softbank boss Masayoshi Son devotes himself to growing Arm for the next few years
Speech did not mention IPO, did say CEO's close involvement is good for humanity
On-Prem14 Nov 2022 | 4
Arm reports record royalties but total revenues slide
Licensing down 53% due to major one-off deals signed a year ago
Systems11 Nov 2022 | 3
AMD grows Epyc datacenter share, loses to Intel generally
Both firms have been hit with plunges in PC chip sales, and there's no Ryzen shine
Systems10 Nov 2022 | 5
Microsoft's grand unified theory of .NET advances a little
More support for multiple platforms, Arm architecture, and the cloud in release 7
Software10 Nov 2022 | 11
Ampere says no changes to its Arm licensing as it readies new chips
Interview Whatever's happening with Qualcomm, server chip outfit says it knows of no tweaks to model
Systems09 Nov 2022 | 8
Think Korean chipmakers will buy Arm? Think again
The UK chip designer is suing another firm that has an interest, so IPO it is?
Systems07 Nov 2022 | 6
Qualcomm vs Arm: The bizarro quotient just went off the scale
Opinion Even 2022 can't muster this much madness – or can it?
Systems07 Nov 2022 | 32
Alibaba Cloud plans for a fifth of its servers to use homebrew Arm CPUs by 2025
Sanctions? What sanctions? Just look at the low, low, power consumption figures
PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2022 | 4
Qualcomm predicts 2024 is the year Windows on Arm goes large
For now, have a hiring freeze to preserve fat profits
Personal Tech03 Nov 2022 | 20
Google, Oracle’s Ampere VMs get Arm’s SystemReady seal of approval
So that means everything just works now, right?
PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2022 |
Qualcomm: Arm threatens to end CPU licensing, charge device makers instead
Analysis Snapdragon giant warns of dramatic shift in business model
Systems01 Nov 2022 | 59
AWS users can finally use Nitro Enclaves on Arm Graviton EC2 instances
Just don't forget Enclave data is held in memory and costs can ramp when processing digital reams
SaaS25 Oct 2022 |
Microsoft ships non-Surface PC: a cheap Arm box for devs
Windows Dev Kit 2023 packs Qualcomm's AI toys and an all-Arm environment for Windows coding
Personal Tech25 Oct 2022 | 21
Juno offering Linux-powered tablet PC for pre-order
The company already sells penguin-infested laptops and desktops, but an x86 Linux fondleslab is new
Personal Tech17 Oct 2022 | 19
Qualcomm: Arm lawsuit motivated by greed, 'payback' for opposing Nvidia takeover
A contract is a contract, says Brit CPU designer
Systems14 Oct 2022 | 28
China may prove Arm wrong about RISC-V's role in the datacenter
Analysis Cloud and equipment makers also keen to escape Softbank's licensing boot
Systems05 Oct 2022 | 38
Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization
Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain?
Personal Tech05 Oct 2022 | 10
Arm founder says the UK has no chance of tech sovereignty
Government fritters away homegrown technologies and has no strategy to lessen reliance on other countries
Systems29 Sep 2022 | 118
Arm hires former Splunk CFO Jason Child ahead of IPO
Adds new heads to boardroom too but still not word on destination of flotation
On-Prem27 Sep 2022 |
Tongues wag that Softbank's Son may sell Arm to Samsung
Japanese super-tycoon to discuss 'stategic alliance' with electronics chaebol
Systems21 Sep 2022 | 27
Arm execs: We respect RISC-V but it's not a rival in the datacenter
Analysis Competition is good for everyone. Just keep it friendly, folks
Systems17 Sep 2022 | 50
UK govt refuses to give up on scoring Arm dual-listing for London
Can UK Prime Minister Liz Truss do for tech what she did for cheese and pork markets?
Systems16 Sep 2022 | 26
Nvidia buys Arm ... Neoverse V2 CPU cores for Grace chip
GPU giant still thinks Softbank-owned designs are worth the RISC
Systems14 Sep 2022 | 1
Arm sues Qualcomm over custom Nuvia CPU cores, wants designs destroyed
Updated British chip designer unhappy key customer is using lucrative blueprints
Systems31 Aug 2022 | 67
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’
VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
Official: Arm-based VMs available on Microsoft Azure
Going live in 10 regions, running Ampere Altra silicon
PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2022 | 4
How Arm popped CHERI architecture into Morello Program hardware
Hot Chips Chip giant aims to adapt existing processor architectures to close off vulnerabilities in memory access
Systems26 Aug 2022 | 6
Qualcomm readying new Arm server chip based on Nuvia acquisition
AWS said to be taking an interest in homegrown silicon, meaning chipmaker must have a functional demo
Systems19 Aug 2022 |
Red Hat OpenShift adds heterogenous clusters mixing x86, Arm
Tech preview is Azure-only for now, adding to previous AWS Arm adventures
Software19 Aug 2022 |
Economic uncertainty can't stop cloud growth
You may have had your fill of chips – but AWS, GCP, and Azure are still hungry, analyst tells El Reg
Off-Prem11 Aug 2022 | 3
Arm still jewel in crown as parent SoftBank nurses record $23.5b hit
Stock market losses lead to write-downs at Vision Fund, but chip designer IPO a ray of light
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 11
Hackable hardware PineBook Pro finally starts shipping again
Pine64 have other goodies in stock too… just not many right now
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 7
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.19 – using Asahi on an Arm-powered Mac
Hails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform'
OSes31 Jul 2022 | 49
CHERI-based computer runs KDE for the first time
Digital security via processor design, hardware-enforced protection … and a friendly desktop
OSes26 Jul 2022 | 17
London Stock Exchange CEO still aiming for dual Arm listing
As British element of IPO is put on ice by SoftBank, Julia Hoggett says 'compelling case' remains
Systems22 Jul 2022 | 27
Apple forgoes cooling systems in M2 MacBook Air
Screwdriver fiends iFixit ponder the wisdom of a 'fanless, heatspreader-less, non-upgradable laptop'
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 49
VMware starts tracking use of experimental Arm hypervisor
By watching how you use it, Virtzilla might figure out how to sell it
Virtualization21 Jul 2022 |
SoftBank reportedly moves London IPO out of Arm's reach
Tory turmoil turns off tycoon's Tokyo tech titan theoretically temporarily
On-Prem19 Jul 2022 | 22
Arm in the cloud definitely a trend now with Google Cloud’s embrace
Comment Six of the world’s largest cloud service providers head on out with Arm arch
PaaS + IaaS14 Jul 2022 |
HPE unveils Arm-based ProLiant server for cloud-native workloads
Looks like it went with Ampere's Altra and Altra Max processors
Systems28 Jun 2022 | 2
Arm says its Cortex-X3 CPU smokes this Intel laptop silicon
Chip design house reveals brains of what might be your next ultralight notebook
Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 18
Arm jumps on ray tracing bandwagon with beefy GPU design
British chip designer’s reveal comes months after mobile RT moves by AMD, Imagination
Systems28 Jun 2022 | 4
Intel is running rings around AMD and Arm at the edge
Analysis What will it take to loosen the x86 giant's edge stranglehold?
Edge + IoT27 Jun 2022 | 14
Arm most likely to list on the Nasdaq, says SoftBank CEO
Hopes of securing London listing for UK chip designer may be in vain
Systems24 Jun 2022 | 6
Original Acorn Arthur project lead explains RISC OS genesis
Paul Fellows describes how it beat the overambitious ARX to Acorn's Archimedes computer
OSes23 Jun 2022 | 39
UK govt considers invoking national security in Arm IPO saga
Reportedly dropping hints it may use legislation to push a London listing
Systems22 Jun 2022 | 24
RISC OS: 35-year-old original Arm operating system is alive and well
1980s refugee, open source, and runs on modern kit
OSes21 Jun 2022 | 110
Former AMD chip architect says it was wrong to can Arm project
Cancelled the K12 CPU? Big mistake. Huge, says Jim Keller
Systems20 Jun 2022 | 18
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