Softbank to Acquire ARM
by staff from High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC on (#1MPS4)
The UK semiconductor company, ARM, may soon be acquired by Japan's Softbank for 24.3 billion. The Cambridge-based firm is best known for designing microchips used in most smartphones, including Apple's and Samsung's. However, this year it was announced that the upgrade to the K computer, Japan's flagship supercomputer housed at RIKEN would also use ARM-based processors.
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