Datacentre

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

Google Partners US Government To Develop Open Source Chips

US Commerce Department and Google team up to develop open source chips that can be utilised by startups and researchers

2 years ago

US Bans Tech Firms From Building Chinese Factories

US Chips and Science Act (Chips). Biden administration tells those receiving federal funding they will not be allowed to invest…

2 years ago

Arm Sues Qualcomm And Nuvia Unit For Licence Infringement

British chip designer Arm Holdings accuses Qualcomm and Nuvia of trademark infringement and breaching certain licence agreements

2 years ago

US Instructs AMD, Nvidia To Halt AI Shipments To China

Two leading American chipmakers, Nvidia and AMD, have been ordered to stop selling some of their AI-related technology to China

2 years ago

Dell, Ericsson To End All Business In Russia

More Russia withdraws, as Dell confirms it has ceased all Russian operations, and Ericsson says it will wind down operations…

2 years ago

Huawei Founder Warns Of Painful Decade

Stark survival warning from founder of Huawei about firm's prospects over the next ten years, amid global downturn and China…

2 years ago

Police Arrest Four Over BT Cable Theft In North Yorkshire

Police make arrests after Openreach confirms to Silicon UK that a cable theft left 200 homes without telephone or broadband…

2 years ago

Druva Touts $10m SaaS Data Protection Guarantee

With cloud adoption increasing amid ongoing risks of cyberattacks on customer data, Druva offers a $10m protection guarantee

2 years ago

UK Parliament Shutters TikTok Account Over Security Fears

Fears over China's data collection law prompts UK Parliament to close down its TikTok account, after just one week of…

2 years ago

US Congress Passes $52 Billion Chips Act

No more chip shortage? President Joe Biden can now sign US Chips Act into law after Congress approved funding for…

2 years ago

Chip Revenues To Decline 2.5 Percent In 2023, Warns Gartner

Global semiconductor revenues are projected to grow 7.4 percent in 2022, but will decline in 2023 as inflationary pressures take…

2 years ago

Samsung Seeks Tax Breaks On Future Chip Factories In Texas

South Korean giant Samsung begins application for tax breaks on 11 potential chip manufacturing facilities in Texas, ahead of US…

2 years ago

Global Chip Shortage Not Over, Warns IDC

Global chip shortage is not over, as IDC analyst points to Russia's war in Ukraine impacting raw materials and the…

2 years ago

Google Data Centre In London Outage Blamed On Cooling Failure

As the UK temperature soared to a record high on Tuesday, a cooling failure resulted in an outage at a…

2 years ago

BT Seeks To Keep Network Running, After CWU Sets Strike Dates

Carrier frustrated after trade union rejects BT's highest pay award in 20 years, and sets strike date on 29 July…

2 years ago