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Intel CEO Bob Swan To Step Down, Replaced By Pat Gelsinger
VMware boss Pat Gelsinger is to take over as Intel CEO, with Bob Swan stepping down next month at the troubled chip giant
Alibaba Faces Antitrust Probe By Chinese Authorities
China’s answer to Amazon – Alibaba – faces antitrust investigation for preventing merchants from selling their goods elsewhere
Intel Urged To Consider Strategic Options
Activist shareholder urges Intel to consider its strategic options, and whether it should outsource chip production to third parties
Microsoft Developing Own ARM-Based Server Chips
Bad news Intel? Redmond designed its own ARM-based chips for its Azure servers, and even possible future Surface device, report suggests
Amazon Urges Rethink On JEDI Contract Award
Amazon claims Microsoft cloud contract award was down to political interference, but Microsoft alleges that Amazon retrospectively adjusted its bid pricing
Founding Father HPE Leaves Silicon Valley, Moves HQ To Texas
California loses a Fortune 500 company, after founding father HPE announces HQ move away from Silicon Valley to Houston, Texas
Marvell Acquires Inphi For Cloud Push
Consolidation in the chip sector continues with Marvell purchasing Inphi for $10 billion, to deepen cloud data centre and 5G push
AMD Targets Data Centres With $35 Billion Purchase Of Xilinx
More competition for Intel, as AMD signals deepening push into data centre market with $35 billion purchase of US-based Xilinx
Tech Veteran IBM To Split Into Two Companies
No more Big Blue? Founder of the IT industry reveals it will split into two separate entities after 109 years in operation
Microsoft Cloud Services Outage Hits Office 365, Outlook
Cloud services from technology giant Microsoft laid low on Monday evening for a number of hours, by what seems to be a botched upgrade
EU Investigates Chinese Fibre Optic Cable Imports
Official investigation to see if imports of fibre optic cables from China are being sold in Europe at artificially low prices
Microsoft Raises Orkney Undersea Data Centre
Up she rises! Microsoft’s moonshot project to build more environmentally sustainable data centres under the ocean is deemed successful
Google Achieves Carbon Neutral Footprint
Alphabet division becomes first major company to reach carbon neutrality, and is also world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable energy
AWS Lambasts President Trump, As Pentagon Confirms Microsoft Jedi Contract
US Department of Defense confirms Microsoft’s JEDI award, but AWS calls it a “politically corrupted contract award” and lambasts US President Donald Trump
Pacific Undersea Cable Drops Hong Kong, Amid National Security Concerns
Google and Facebook’s Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) cable will not be activated in Hong Kong, after security law and national security concerns
Google Services Including Gmail Suffer Disruption
Rare event. Disruption around the globe after outage hits Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs on Thursday morning
Zoom Opens Singapore Data Centre
Singapore gets yet another data centre, as video conferencing giant Zoom becomes latest to open facility in the city state
Softbank Confirms It Is Exploring Sell-Off Of ARM Holdings
Japanese giant Softbank has confirmed it is exploring selling off British chip designer ARM Holdings, including selling off parts of it
United States Touts Purge Of Chinese Tech For ‘Clean Internet’
‘Madness’ says Chinese state-backed media, as America pushes ahead with ‘clean Internet’ plan, with purge of Chinese tech from US networks
TikTok Selects Ireland For First European Data Centre
Ireland to get another data centre after the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok announces first European server facility
UK Government Should Stop ARM Sale To US – Hermann Hauser
Amid reports that Softbank is looking to offload ARM Holdings to Nvidia, the man involved in ARM’s creation calls for the UK government to intervene
Google ‘Grace Hopper’ Subsea Cable To Link US, UK, And Spain
New subsea cable from Google named after pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper and will run from New York to Bude in Cornwall
Is ARM Raising Prices For Chip Licences?
ARM is reportedly seeking to raise licensing prices for some customers, leading some customers to consider ARM alternatives
Nvidia Overtakes Intel To Become Most Valuable US Chipmaker
Move aside Intel. Nvidia is now the most valuable chipmaker in the United States, despite not actually making any of its own chips
Huawei Approved To Build £1 Billion Research Centre In Cambridge
Facility in Cambridge will become international HQ of Huawei’s fiber optic communications business and will create 400 jobs
Google To Spend $2 Billion On Polish Data Centre
Cloud services push in Europe reportedly sees Google investing as much as $2 billion for a data centre location in Poland
Pentagon Inspector Unable To Say If White House Influenced JEDI Decision
Investigation into JEDI contract award to Amazon unable to determine if President Trump’s White House influenced the decision
Bill Gates Steps Down From Microsoft Board
One of the world’s richest men has stepped down from the board of the company he helped to create, to spend more time on his philanthropic priorities
Honeywell Plans To Launch Powerful Quantum Computer
High performance computing. Quantum computer to be build by Honeywell this year, and it claims it will be more powerful than IBM and Google’s offering