Datacentre

Data Centre In Space Feasibility Study To Be Led By Thales

Talk about cloud computing! European Commission chooses Thales Alenia Space to lead feasibility study for data centres in orbit

1 year ago

North Korea’s Internet Knocked Offline

Consequence for ballistic missile test? Internet access in North Korea suffers its largest outage in months on Thursday

1 year ago

UK Government Blocks Newport Wafer Fab Acquisition, Citing National Security

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia (owned by a Chinese firm) is ordered to sell majority stake in Newport Wafer Fab on national…

1 year ago

Intel Stung By $948m Verdict In VLSI Patent Trial

Federal jury orders Intel to pay VLSI Technology $948.8 million for infringing a VLSI patent, but Intel “strongly disagrees” and…

1 year ago

IBM Breakthrough With 433 Qubit Quantum Processor

Breakthrough development in quantum-centric supercomputing, after IBM unveils its most powerful quantum chip capable of 433-qubit

1 year ago

Nvidia Offers Slower Chip For China That Meets US Export Controls

New 'advanced' chip is being offered to China by US firm Nvidia, which it says meets America's strict export control…

1 year ago

Amazon Pauses Corporate Workforce Hiring

Weeks after it paused hiring for corporate retail jobs, Amazon extends hiring freeze for roles across its corporate workforce

2 years ago

UK Defending Ukraine From Russian Cyberattacks

The United Kingdom is using its cyber expertise to protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure from Russian cyberattacks

2 years ago

Instagram Blames ‘Bug’ After Global Outage

Monday's Instagram outage comes less than a week after another Meta platform (WhatsApp) suffered major outage

2 years ago

US Expects Deal With Allies To Implement China Chip Restrictions

Biden administration indicates a deal is near with key allies to also apply export restrictions on chip-making tools to China

2 years ago

UKCloud Placed Into ‘Compulsory Liquidation’

Public-sector cloud provider UKCloud and parent Virtual Infrastructure Group has been forced into compulsory liquidation

2 years ago

Single Chip Transmits All Internet Traffic In A Second

More speed vicar? New chip design sees ultra-fast data transmission at a rate of 1.84 petabits per second...and more speed…

2 years ago

Elon Musk To Axe 75 Percent Of Twitter Staff – Report

Twitter denies plans for large number of staff layoffs, as Elon Musk tells investors he plans to axe nearly three…

2 years ago

Tensions With China Pose ‘Serious’ Challenges For Chip Sector, Says TSMC

TSMC chairman admits tensions between Taiwan and the US with China has posed “serious challenges” for chip industry

2 years ago

Microsoft Confirms Second Round Of Job Cuts

Confirmation of second tranche of job losses at Microsoft, as less than 1,000 staff are let go, amid worsening economic…

2 years ago

Intel, Google Co-Designed Data Centre E2000 Chip

Google Cloud deploys its new C3 machine series, featuring the Intel infrastructure processing unit E2000, co-designed by Google and Intel

2 years ago

Data Sharing ‘Cloud Act’ Starts Between US, UK

Data sharing agreement will allow both UK, US law enforcement to request data from each other's Internet Service Providers

2 years ago

Micron To Spend Up To $100 Billion To Build New York Chip Fab

White House welcomes news that new chip “megafab” costing up to $100bn will be constructed in New York by Micron…

2 years ago

Nvidia Confirms Complete Russia Withdrawal

As fighting in Ukraine continues, Nvidia says it is to cease all operations in Russia and relocate local staff to…

2 years ago

Ericsson Still Provides Support Services To Russia

Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson says hardware is not exported to Russia, but it still provides software and technical support

2 years ago

Amazon, Microsoft, Google Face UK Cloud Services Probe

Ofcom confirms it will examine the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google, which dominate the cloud services market

2 years ago

StorPool Touts Software-defined Block Storage For Distributed Data

Bulgaria-based StorPool touts its hardware independent block storage solution, during Silicon ES recent press tour

2 years ago

Tape Archiving Still Needed, Says PoINT Software

As data growth continues, but 70 percent of it is never used, efficient archiving systems still have a place, says…

2 years ago

Nodeum Touts Hybrid Data Warehousing Approach

Belgian startup Nodeum proposes a unified solution for the management of data and its movement between different scenarios

2 years ago

ARM Launches New Chip Design For Data Centre, Cloud

British chip designer ARM Holdings reveals its next generation data centre chip design, dubbed Neoverse V2

2 years ago

Google Spins Out Secret Telecom Project Aalyria

Project Loon successor, Aalyria, seeks to “radically” improve satellite communications, Wi-Fi on planes and ships, and cellular connectivity

2 years ago

Data Sovereignty Worries Drive Hybrid Cloud Adoption, Says Scality

Organisations move away from public clouds towards hybrid approaches, research from Scality finds, amid data sovereignty concerns

2 years ago