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SmartNIC reduces tail latency

Netronome is sampling its Agilio CX 50GbE SmartNICs in OCP Mezzanine 2.0 form factor with line-rate advanced cryptography and 2GB onboard DDR memory. The SmartNIC reduces tail latency enabling high-performance Web 2.0 applications to be deployed in cost and energy-efficient servers. With advanced Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL)-based cryptography support at line-rate and up to two ...

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Samsung launches 12GB mobile DRAM

Samsung has begun mass producing the highest-capacity mobile DRAM –the industry’s first 12GB low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) package. The 12GB capacity was achieved by combining six 16-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4X chips based on the second-generation 10nm-class process. The memory delivers a data transfer rate of 34.1GB/psec. Samsung plans to more than triple the supply of ...

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Nvidia expected to buy Mellanox

Later today, Nvidia is expected to announce it has bought Mellanox  The Israeli networking company specialises in Ethernet and InfiniBand connectivity for servers, cloud and storage. Nvidia is said to have offered $7 billion for Mellanox, about $1 billion more than its market cap on Friday and, in the process, outbidding Xilinx and Intel. Nvidia ...

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Renesas closes fabs as China demand collapses

Renesas is to suspend production at six of its fabs in Japan for a month towards the end of April, and another month in August. Additionally a further three domestic and four overseas back-end facilities will see production halted for several weeks. The suspensions have been caused by rising inventory levels following a collapse in demand ...

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China power semi market grows 13%

China’s power semiconductor market grew 12.76% to $38 billion last year, with the discrete component market growing 14.7% to $28 billion, reports TrendForce which forecasts that the 2019 market will be worth $43 billion. The China power semi market is relatively unscathed by the US – China trade war because of robust local demand from ...

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In search of more female angels

Angel Investment Network (AIN) the UK’s largest onlineplatform connecting angel investors with startups has launched a new platform connecting female founders and investors. The new ‘Female Founders’ platform was set up to address the underrepresentation of women in the industry both as investors and founders. The investor community on 14-year-old AIN in the UK consists ...

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