About Amazon: AWS announces Graviton4, with up to 30% better performance, 50% more cores, and 75% more memory bandwidth than Graviton3, and Trainium2 for 4x faster training — AWS Graviton4 is the most powerful and energy-efficient AWS processor to date for a broad range of cloud workloads Lees verder op Tech Meme
Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Ikea announces new smart home sensors: Parasoll, for doors and windows, Vallhorn, for motion, and Badring, for water leakages, on sale in H1 2024 for under $10 — Ikea’s push to democratize the smart home continues with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors that won’t break the bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme
M. Sriram / Reuters: Sources: Chinese payments group Alipay plans to sell its 3.4% stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato for ~$400M; Zomato shares have surged 90%+ in 2023 — Chinese payments group Alipay plans to sell its 3.4% stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato (ZOMT.NS) for nearly $400 million through block deals … Lees verder op Tech Meme
June Yoon / Financial Times: Challenges for chip startups: TSMC and Nvidia dominate and hold thousands of patents, buying chipmaking gear, and complexity; Nvidia’s HGX H100 has 35K parts — Barriers to entry in an industry dominated by TSMC and Nvidia are very high — In the drama that has just played out in Silicon Valley … Lees verder op Tech Meme
June Yoon / Financial Times: Challenges for chip startups: TSMC and Nvidia dominate and hold thousands of patents, buying chipmaking gear, and complexity; Nvidia’s $300K H100 has 35K parts — Barriers to entry in an industry dominated by TSMC and Nvidia are very high — In the drama that has just played out in Silicon Valley … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Q&A with Car Connectivity Consortium VP Daniel Knobloch on digital car keys, getting automakers to agree on a standard in 2020, securing against theft, and more — First we had hand cranks. Then real keys, followed by key fobs. And now we have “digital keys,” which enables you to lock … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Adobe: US Cyber Monday sales rose 9.6% YoY to a record $12.4B, driven by deep discounts that peaked at 31% in electronics and 23% for apparel — Deep discounts on everything from beauty products and toys to electronics have enticed U.S. shoppers to splurge on Christmas purchases and ring … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Justine Calma / The Verge: Google says a first-of-its-kind geothermal energy project in Nevada, to power its data centers with clean energy in partnership with Fervo, is up and running — A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Phoebe Liu / Forbes: A profile of Curtis Priem, Nvidia’s co-founder and first CTO, who holds ~200 patents, sold his Nvidia stock years ago, and has donated $275M to his alma mater — If Curtis Priem, Nvidia’s first CTO, had held onto all his stock, he’d be the 16th richest person in America. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal: The UK CMA provisionally finds Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition would likely harm innovation for design software and invites responses ahead of a final decision — The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said it has provisionally found Adobe’s planned $20 billion acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme