Tag: CPUs

Arm said it will seek a retrial of its lawsuit against Qualcomm over a licensing dispute related to the latter company’s Snapdragon X chips after a federal jury sided with Qualcomm over two key issues but was deadlocked on a third. Arm said it will seek a retrial of its lawsuit against Qualcomm over a…

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A federal jury has found that Qualcomm did not breach Arm’s licensing terms related to the development of custom CPU cores at the heart of its Snapdragon X chips for Copilot+ PCs in a legal battle between the two semiconductor companies. A federal jury has found that Qualcomm did not breach Arm’s licensing terms related…

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In an interview with CRN, Dan McNamara, general manager of AMD’s server business unit, talks about how he’s ‘trying to do more and more’ with channel partners to grow EPYC CPU sales in the enterprise and, increasingly, the midmarket and SMB segments. The leader of AMD’s EPYC server CPU business said he’s “trying to do…

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While the AI computing giant spent most of the year fulfilling continuously high demand for AI chips and systems based on its Hopper architecture, it also used 2024 to set the groundwork for products and services it expects to be major sources of revenue growth in the future. Nvidia is close to finishing what could…

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Qualcomm provided the statement in response to a claim made by interim Intel co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus on Thursday that many retailers are seeing a large percentage of Arm PCs being returned due to software compatibility issues. Qualcomm said return rates for PCs powered by its Arm-based Snapdragon X processors are “within industry norm” after…

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In their first public appearance together, interim Intel co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus give blunt assessments of the company’s accelerator chip and server CPU efforts while noting that more rivals are set to enter the PC market next year. Intel’s interim co-CEOs gave blunt assessments of the company’s accelerator chip and server CPU…

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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the chip designer is building a ‘global retail and commercial channel presence’ for its Snapdragon X processors, which were the first to power the Copilot+ PCs that debuted from Microsoft and other OEMs earlier this year. Qualcomm is ramping up hiring for key channel sales positions across the world as…

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As Intel’s board of directors searches for a new permanent leader and pushes for better execution of its strategy after CEO Pat Gelsinger’s abrupt exit on Sunday, the beleaguered chipmaker adds two veteran semiconductor leaders to its board. Intel said it has added two veteran semiconductor executives to its board of directors: former ASML CEO…

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David Zinsner, one of Intel’s interim co-CEOs, says that while the chipmaker still wants to be a ‘world-class foundry,’ its board of directors wants company leadership to ‘also put emphasis on execution around the product side of the business.’ One of Intel’s interim co-CEOs said on Wednesday that the chipmaker’s “core strategy remains intact,” offering…

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With Michelle Johnston Holthaus becoming interim co-CEO of Intel and CEO of the Intel Products group, CRN provides an overview of the most important things you should know about her, including why Intel’s board chose her for the job and what her previous roles were. When Intel announced the abrupt retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger…

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