SoftBank boss says real AI is only a decade away
It will be much brighter than you or me
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said he believes artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas, will be realised within 10 years.
Wants to de-Wu its Chinese operation
Arm has moved to regain control of its renegade China unit and replace its chief executive Allen Wu, as the UK chip designer seeks to clear its path to a successful public listing.
Nvidia and SoftBank terminate acquisition of Arm
Its officially over, Nvidia gets a 20-year license and SoftBank $1.25B
Back in September 2021, we have addressed that Nvidia's acquisition of Arm is very uncertain. Even back in September 2020, when the deal was officially announced, I raised serious concerns that the deal was good for Nvidia and bad for everyone else.
Softbank buys into Sinch
Takes ten percent of the Swedish cloud provider
Softbank-owned SB Management has bought a 10.1 percent stake in Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch, acquiring stakes from some major shareholders and participating in a directed share issue.
Softbank wants to flog robot maker to Hyundai
Not really sure what to do with it
SoftBank is in talks to sell robot maker Boston Dynamics to Hyundai.
SoftBank needs to sell ARM because it over invested
An Nvidia sale will stuff everything up
Co-founder and ex-president of ARM Holdings, Tudor Brown says that SoftBank's projected sale of the chip company to Nvidia is the result of a bungled business strategy that saw the fund throw too much money at ARM and prioritize the wrong business areas.
UK should buy ARM
That is what Brexit was all about not the NHS
With SoftBank's Masayoshi Son trying to sell ARM, a columnist for the Observer newspaper claims that the UK company was "a kind of public-interest commercial company” which its government should buy.
Nvidia considers buying ARM
Softbank wants to offload it and Apple is not interested
The dark satanic rumour mill suggests that Nvidia is considering buying ARM from Softbank in one of the biggest ever semiconductor deals.
Intel takes on SoftBank
Anti-trust
Intel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a SoftBank investment company alleging the firm stockpiled patents to hold up technology companies with numerous lawsuits.
Softbank dumps Nvidia share
Does it know something?
The graphics chipmaker named after a Roman vengeance daemon received a kick in its GPU from one of its key investors, Softbank.