Anirban Ghoshal
Senior Writer
Anirban Ghoshal is a senior writer, covering enterprise software for CIO and databases and cloud infrastructure for InfoWorld.
Qualcomm to lay off 1,258 employees from its California offices
The impacted staff includes engineers, analysts, software developers, administrative staff, and staff from the financial, legal, and human resources employees.
AMD to acquire Nod.ai to boost open source AI software capabilities
The acquisition is expected to help AMD compete better against chipmaker Nvidia.
Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?
As demand for generative AI technology grows, chip shortages are not the main reason behind developing custom silicon, experts say.
Taiwan to investigate suppliers aiding Huawei in chipmaking: Report
The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to check if Taiwanese suppliers in business with Huawei for its Chinese chipmaking factories have violated any US sanctions.
Meta to lay off staffers at its Facebook Agile Silicon Team: Report
After releasing a mixed-reality headset last month, the company is firing staffers from its metaverse silicon unit, according to a news report.
Japan invests $1.3 billion in Micron to subsidize chip manufacturing: Report
Japanese government funds are expected to help Micron’s factory in Hiroshima produce more advanced chips to power AI and quantum workloads.
Microsoft puts its Cloud for Sovereignty in public preview
The company plans to make Cloud for Sovereignty generally available in December.
Nvidia’s French offices raided for anti-competitive practices: Report
While France’s competition watchdog did not confirm the identity of the entity being investigated, it said that the raids were conducted in the graphics cards sector.
Google to block Bard conversations from being indexed on Search
The company said the conversations were being indexed accidentally after an SEO Consultant took to Twitter, now X, to report the issue.
US may extend China waiver for South Korean chipmakers
US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves has assured South Korean chipmakers, including Samsung and SK Hynix, of taking steps that enable these companies to operate smoothly in China.
Microsoft Teams suffers another outage in the North America region
Microsoft 365 suite of applications continues to face downtime at least once every month this year.
Alphabet layoffs: Company trades recruitment team for tech talent
The layoffs, which come after the company let go of at least 12,000 employees in January, are aimed at increasing operational efficiency, a spokesperson said.
Baidu CEO’s remarks put LLMs in focus as US-China trade war escalates
Baidu last week secured regulatory approval in China to launch its AI chatbot, Ernie 3.5, which is seen as China's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Microsoft blames Aussie data center outage on staff strength, failed automation
The outage that occurred on August 30 led to downtime in Azure services pertaining to APIs, databases, and applications.
Google brings its Generative Search Experience to India, Japan
India and Japan became the first countries outside the US to get access to the Generative Search Experience via the company’s Search Labs initiative.
Microsoft launches native integration for Python in Excel
With native Python integration with Excel, users will be able to use the new “PY” function to input Python code directly into Excel cells.
OpenAI to use GPT-4 LLM for content moderation, warns against bias
The company expects to eliminate undesired biases introduced during training with the involvement of humans in the loop.
Intel’s Tower Semiconductor acquisition fails, as China withholds OK
Intel's planned $5.4 billion acquisition of Israel-based Tower falls apart, as China fails to approve the deal before the companies' agreement deadline.
AMD to invest $400 million in new design center in India
The new design center is expected to be opened before the end of 2023 and add approximately 3,000 engineering roles by the end of 2028, the company said.