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Qualcomm debuts ‘internet of things’ chip for drones and AI-powered devices
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. this morning pulled back the curtains on the Snapdragon 820E, a new chip designed to power the drones and other increasingly sophisticated devices that make up the “internet of things.” At the heart of the system is a central processing unit based on the popular 64-bit ARMv8 architecture from British semiconductor designer ...
Revving up self-driving car push, Intel leads $50M round into public transit app Moovit
Moovit Ltd., the Israeli startup behind a hugely popular public transit app with 120 million users worldwide, today announced that it has landed a $50 million investment led by Intel Corp.’s venture capital arm. More than a half-dozen existing backers contributed as well. Among the participants were Sequoia Capital, BMW iVentures and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Moovit’s massive ...
Qualcomm makes new $44B offer for NXP amid Broadcom’s hostile takeover push
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. this morning announced a hefty $44 billion acquisition offer for NXP Semiconductors N.V., a fellow chip maker based in the Netherlands that it has been trying to buy for more than a year. The price tag amounts to a 16 percent increase over the company’s original bid of $38 billion, excluding debt. ...
With IPO on the table, Rubrik hires Atlassian’s former CFO
Last May, Rubrik Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bipul Sinha said during an interview that he expects to take the company public “probably in two or three years.” Today, the data protection startup announced a hire that may represent an initial step toward a stock market debut. Rubrik this morning revealed that it has appointed veteran finance executive ...
IBM teams up with Unity to bring Watson into virtual reality environments
Companies have begun seriously experimenting with how virtual reality can be applied in work environments to streamline tasks such as product design. Now, IBM Corp. is looking to capitalize on the trend. As part of the effort, the technology giant today announced a partnership with Unity Technologies Inc., the maker of a popular game engine ...
Intel’s new silicon-based qubits could help make quantum computing a reality
Intel Corp. and Dutch research institute QuTech have invented a silicon-based quantum chip that could take the industry effort to move beyond classical computing in an entirely new direction. The unit, which was unveiled on Wednesday, is based on so-called spin qubits. These are special transistors controlled by microwave pulses that each keep information on a ...
Oracle picks up security startup Zenedge to bolster cloud lineup
Hot on the heels of introducing new “autonomous” services that can tune and update themselves, Oracle Corp. is once again bolstering its cloud platform, this time through an acquisition. The database maker today announced that it has inked an agreement to buy Zenedge Inc., a four-year-old developer of cloud security tools backed by about $14 ...
New MongoDB release adds features to take on relational databases
MongoDB Inc., the company behind the popular open-source NoSQL database used for managing large amounts of rapidly changing data, today unveiled a new iteration of the platform that could significantly raise its enterprise appeal. MongoDB 4.0 introduces support for what’s known as the ACID standard, which stands for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. The acronym refers to ...
Qualcomm debuts ultrafast modem chip and connected-device services
It apparently takes more than a cross-border legal battle and a hostile takeover attempt going on at the same time to throw a wrench in Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s product development efforts. The chipmaker today unveiled a new LTE modem chip for mobile devices it said is an industry first in several regards. Most notably, the X24 can provide ...
Microsoft commits $500M to expansive new startup program
Microsoft Corp. hopes to build the foundation for future partnerships and cloud revenue with an expansive new program focused on fostering budding tech firms. The initiative, which launched this morning under the name Microsoft for Startups, will be supported by a $500 million investment from the company over the next two years. Microsoft will provide participating startups with ...
