Intel Selling 51% of Altera FPGA Business for $4.3B

Intel Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell 51 percent of its Altera business to Silver Lake, a technology investing firm. The transaction, which values Altera at $8.75 billion, establishes Altera’s operational independence ….

Dell Unveils Xeon 6 Servers, New Storage Appliances and Software for HPC-AI

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) today made announcements across its data center server, storage and data protection portfolios. Here’s a rundown of the new offerings: Dell PowerEdge R470, R570, R670 and R770 ….

HPC News Bytes 20250407: Tariffs and the Technology Industry, Intel-TSMC Deal?, DARPA Taps Wafer Scale, Sandia and Laser-Based Cooling, Optical I/O News

Good April day to you! It was a wild week for more than the HPC-AI sector last week, here’s a brief (7:39) look at some key developments: U.S. tariffs, the technology sector and advanced chips, Intel-TSMC ….

Report: TSMC to Operate Intel Fabs under Tentative Joint Venture

The online technology publication The Information reported today that Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have reached a tentative agreement to form a joint venture in which TSMC would operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities.

HPC News Bytes 20250317: Intel’s New CEO, Is D-Wave Quantum Superior?, ‘AI Woodstock’ at GTC

A Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone! As the accelerated computing world congregates in San Jose, here’s a rapid (6:36) rundown of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: What’s coming from Intel’s new CEO, did D-Wave achieve quantum supremacy?, “AI Woodstock” GTC25 in San Jose this week.

@HPCpodcast: Dr. Ian Cutress on the State of Advanced Chips, the GPU Landscape and AI Compute, Global Chip Manufacturing and GTC Expectations

Just before GTC (and for the 100th episode of the @HPCpodcast, and this one sponsored by liquid cooling company CoolIT) ….

Intel Appoints Former Cadence Chief Lip-Bu Tan as CEO

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Lip-Bu Tan as chief executive officer, effective March 18. He succeeds Interim Co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle ….

Intel Unveils Xeon 6 CPUs with P-cores

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 – Intel today launched its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores) for data center and networking portfolios. The company said: The Intel Xeon 6700/6500 series processor with P-cores is designed for for modern data centers, offering the perfect balance between performance and energy efficiency. Delivering an average of 1.4x better […]

Lenovo Announces ThinkSystem V4 Servers with Intel Xeon 6

February 24, 2025 – Today, Lenovo announced three new infrastructure solutions, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, designed for AI data centers. The solutions include next generation Lenovo ThinkSystem V4 servers “that deliver breakthrough performance and exceptional versatility to handle any workload while enabling powerful AI capabilities in compact, high-density designs,” Lenovo said. “Whether deploying […]

HPC News Bytes 20250217: Arm Selling Its Own Chips to Meta?, Big xAI, Big Power, Big… Pollution?, TSMC in Intel Fab Takeover?, Europe’s Big AI Investment, Exascale in Industry

A happy mid-winter day to you! The HPC-AI world produced its usual extraordinary onslaught of news this past week, here’s …