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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Launches New Services and Capabilities Focused on Giving Customers Even More Flexibility
New flexible block storage volumes automatically tune the performance characteristics in response to fluctuating demand – a first for the industry Compute options for most workloads from a fractional single-core VM that can burst to full-core performance to an entire HPC cluster with high-speed interconnects Global organizations, including Vodafone, Samsung Securities, GoTo and Cox Automotive (…) Weiterlesen »
Intel Announces Initial Investment of Over €33 Billion for R&D and Manufacturing in EU
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15, 2022 – Intel today announced the first phase of its plans to invest as much as 80 billion euros in the European Union over the next decade along the entire semiconductor value chain – from research and development (R&D) to manufacturing to state-of-the art packaging technologies. Today’s announcement includes plans (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Launches the Ultimate Gaming Processor, Brings Enthusiast Performance to an Expanded Lineup of Ryzen Desktop Processors
AMD announces pricing and availability for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor delivering up to 15% more gaming performance with ground-breaking AMD V‑Cache technology AMD expands the Ryzen Desktop portfolio with 6 new “Zen 3” and “Zen 2” processors to create new options for system builds across a variety of price points SANTA CLARA, Calif 03/15/2022 (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Radeon™ PRO W6600X GPU for Mac Pro Unleashes New Creative Possibilities for Design and Content Creation Professionals
– New AMD GPU is built on high-performance, energy-efficient AMD RDNA 2 architecture, and features AMD Infinity Cache and other advanced technologies to power professional workloads –
Santa Clara, Calif. 03/08/2022
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced availability of the new AMD Radeon™ PRO W6600X GPU for Mac Pro, developed to help professional users push the limits of what is possible. Built on the award-winning AMD RDNA™ 2 architecture, AMD Infinity Cache™ and other advanced technologies, the new GPU delivers stunning visuals and exceptional performance to power a variety of today’s popular professional applications and workloads.
AMD Radeon PRO W6000X Series GPUs provide several graphics options for Mac Pro, which is engineered for extreme performance, expandability and configurability. The new AMD Radeon PRO W6600X GPU delivers an outstanding combination of image quality and exceptional performance, helping enable Mac Pro users to achieve amazing levels of productivity and creativity. Users can also select from several other powerful AMD GPUs to power an extensive range of professional workloads, including the previously announced AMD Radeon PRO W6900X, AMD Radeon PRO W6800X and AMD Radeon PRO W6800X Duo GPUs. (…) Weiterlesen »
NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2022
- Record quarterly revenue of $7.64 billion, up 53 percent from a year earlier
- Record fiscal-year revenue of $26.91 billion, up 61 percent
- Record quarterly and fiscal-year revenue for Gaming, Data Center and Professional Visualization
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported record revenue for the fourth quarter ended January 30, 2022, of $7.64 billion, up 53 percent from a year ago and up 8 percent from the previous quarter. Gaming, Data Center and Professional Visualization market platforms each achieved record revenue for the quarter and year.
GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were a record $1.18, up 103 percent from a year ago and up 22 percent from the previous quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $1.32, up 69 percent from a year ago and up 13 percent from the previous quarter.
For fiscal 2022, revenue was a record $26.91 billion, up 61 percent from $16.68 billion a year ago. GAAP earnings per diluted share were a record $3.85, up 123 percent from $1.73 a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $4.44, up 78 percent from $2.50 a year ago.
“We are seeing exceptional demand for NVIDIA computing platforms,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “NVIDIA is propelling advances in AI, digital biology, climate sciences, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles and robotics – some of today’s most impactful fields.
“We are entering the new year with strong momentum across our businesses and excellent traction with our new software business models with NVIDIA AI, NVIDIA Omniverse and NVIDIA DRIVE. GTC is coming. We will announce many new products, applications and partners for NVIDIA computing,” he said.
NVIDIA paid quarterly cash dividends of $100 million in the fourth quarter and $399 million in fiscal 2022. It will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on March 24, 2022, to all shareholders of record on March 3, 2022. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Continues Driving High Performance Cloud Computing with the New Amazon EC2 C6a Instance
- Amazon EC2 C6a instances use 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors for 15% better compute price performance over C5a instances1
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the expansion of Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) AMD EPYC™ processor-based offerings with the general availability of compute optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances. According to AWS, the C6a instances offer up to 15% better compute price performance over previous generation C5a instances for a variety of compute focused workloads. (…) Weiterlesen »
Intel to Acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion
Acquisition accelerates Intel’s global, end-to-end foundry business.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Transaction creates a globally diverse end-to-end foundry to help meet growing semiconductor demand and brings more value to customers across the nearly $100 billion addressable foundry market.
- Acquisition accelerates Intel’s path to becoming a major provider of foundry services and capacity globally, now offering one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of differentiated technology.
- Highly complementary transaction brings together Intel’s leading-edge nodes and scale manufacturing with Tower Semiconductor’s specialty technologies and customer-first approach to deliver leading technology and manufacturing capabilities and enhanced value to customers globally.
- Transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to Intel’s non-GAAP EPS.
- Intel and Tower Semiconductor management will host a conference call for investors, media and industry analysts at 5:30 a.m. PST today (3:30 p.m. Israel Standard Time) to provide further details on the transaction.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Feb. 15, 2022 – Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) and Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM), a leading foundry for analog semiconductor solutions, today announced a definitive agreement under which Intel will acquire Tower for $53 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $5.4 billion. The acquisition significantly advances Intel’s IDM 2.0 strategy as the company further expands its manufacturing capacity, global footprint and technology portfolio to address unprecedented industry demand. (…) Weiterlesen »
TSMC January 2022 Revenue Report
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Feb. 10, 2022 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenues for January 2022: On a consolidated basis, revenues for January 2022 were approximately NT$172.18 billion, an increase of 10.8 percent from December 2021 and an increase of 35.8 percent from January 2021. (…) Weiterlesen »
Google Cloud Chooses 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Processors to Power New Compute Focused Instance
SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that AMD EPYC™ processors will power the new C2D virtual machine offering from Google Cloud, bringing customers strong performance and compute power for high-performance (HPC) memory-bound workloads in areas like electronic design automation (EDA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This announcement continues the momentum for AMD EPYC processors, marking the third family of instances powered by 3rd Gen EPYC processors at Google Cloud, joining the T2D and N2D instances. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Receives All Necessary Approvals for Proposed Acquisition of Xilinx
Transaction expected to close on or about February 14, 2022
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that it has received approval from all necessary authorities to proceed with the acquisition of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX).
With the exception of the remaining customary closing conditions, all conditions to the transaction closing have been satisfied and the company expects the transaction to close on or about February 14, 2022 (…) Weiterlesen »
GlobalFoundries Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results
Record Revenue, Gross, and Operating Margins
MALTA, N.Y., Feb. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF) (Nasdaq: GFS) today announced preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
Key Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights
- Record revenue of $1.85 billion, up 9% sequentially.
- Record gross margin of 20.8% and adjusted gross margin of 21.5%.
- Record operating margin of 5% and adjusted operating margin of 8%.
- Net income margin of 2% and adjusted EBITDA margin of 32%.
- Cash and cash equivalents of $2.9 billion.
Key Full Year 2021 Financial Highlights
- Revenue of $6.6 billion, up 36% year-over-year.
- Record gross margin of 15% and adjusted gross margin of 16%.
- Net income margin of ‑4% and adjusted EBITDA margin of 28%.
“2021 was an outstanding year for GF, during which we drove an acceleration of our business plan by capitalizing on the demand for pervasive semiconductor solutions and the vital role we play in the semiconductor supply chain,” said Tom Caulfield, CEO of GF. “Our revenue grew 36% year-over-year, and we made significant progress towards our long-term financial profit model. The year was also marked by a growing number of long-term partnership agreements, with 30 customers committing more than $3.2 billion toward the continued expansion of our global manufacturing footprint to support strong demand. We are executing well, and believe we are on track to deliver another year of strong growth in revenue and profitability in 2022.”
Major 2021 Accomplishments and Key Fourth Quarter Business Highlights:
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NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Announce Termination of NVIDIA’s Acquisition of Arm Limited
SoftBank to Explore Arm Public Offering
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and TOKYO – Feb. 7, 2022 – NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG” or “SoftBank”) today announced the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby NVIDIA would acquire Arm Limited (“Arm”) from SBG. The parties agreed to terminate the Agreement because of significant regulatory challenges preventing the consummation of the transaction, despite good faith efforts by the parties. Arm will now start preparations for a public offering. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
― Record quarterly revenue of $4.8B up 49% y/y; Record full year revenue of $16.4B up 68%;
Gross margin expanded and operating income more than doubled from prior year ―
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021 of $4.8 billion, operating income of $1.2 billion, net income of $974 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.80. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, operating income was $1.3 billion, net income was $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.92.
For full year 2021, the company reported revenue of $16.4 billion, operating income of $3.6 billion, net income of $3.2 billion and diluted earnings per share of $2.57. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, operating income was $4.1 billion, net income was $3.4 billion and diluted earnings per share was $2.79.
GAAP Quarterly Financial Results
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Xilinx Reports Record Revenue of $1.01 Billion in Fiscal Third Quarter
- Record revenue of $1,011 million, representing 8% sequential growth and 26% year-over-year growth, despite ongoing industry-wide supply constraints
- Data Center Group (DCG) achieved record revenue with sequential growth of 28% and 81% year-over-year, driven by Compute and Networking strength
- Aerospace & Defense, Industrial and Test, Measurement & Emulation (AIT) revenue was also a record, increasing 21% sequentially and 28% year-over-year, driven by record A&D revenue and continued strength in ISM and TME end markets
- Automotive, Broadcast and Consumer (ABC) revenue in the quarter decreased 4% sequentially coming off a record Q2 and largely in-line with expectations; revenue increased 28% year-over-year
- Wired and Wireless Group (WWG) revenue decreased 18% sequentially and increased 1% year-over-year as supply constraints had a significant impact on business in the quarter
- Platform transformation continues with total Adaptive SoC revenue, which includes Zynq and Versal platforms, up 5% sequentially and 30% year-over-year, and representing 28% of total revenue
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 26, 2022– Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), the leader in adaptive computing, today announced record revenues of $1,011 million for the fiscal third quarter, up 8% over the previous quarter.
GAAP net income for the fiscal third quarter was $300 million, or $1.19 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $325 million, or $1.29 per diluted share.
As permitted by the terms of the Merger Agreement between Xilinx and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), the Xilinx Board of Directors voted unanimously to declare a cash dividend of $0.37 per outstanding share of common stock payable on February 14, 2022 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on February 7, 2022. The dividend is conditioned upon and will only be payable if the merger has not closed on or before the record date for such dividend. (…) Weiterlesen »
Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Financial Results
Delivers Record Quarterly and Full-Year Revenue
News Summary
▪ Fourth-quarter GAAP revenue was $20.5 billion, exceeding October guidance by $1.3 billion and up 3 percent year-over-year (YoY). Fourth-quarter non-GAAP revenue was $19.5 billion, exceeding October guidance by $1.2 billion. Full-year GAAP revenue set an all-time Intel record of $79.0 billion, up 1 percent YoY.
▪ Delivered GAAP fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.13, exceeding October guidance by 35 cents. Fourth-quarter non-GAAP EPS was $1.09, exceeding October guidance by 19 cents.
▪ In 2021, Intel generated $30.0 billion of cash from operations and $11.3 billion of free cash flow (FCF).
▪ Forecasting first-quarter 2022 revenue of approximately $18.3 billion; expecting first-quarter EPS of $0.70 (non-GAAP EPS of $0.80).
▪ Announces five percent increase to quarterly cash dividend.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 26, 2022 — Intel Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial results. The company also announced that its board of directors approved a cash dividend increase of five percent to $1.46 per share on an annual basis. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.365 per share on the company’s common stock, which will be payable on March 1 to shareholders of record as of February 7.
“Q4 represented a great finish to a great year. We exceeded top-line quarterly guidance by over $1 billion and delivered the best quarterly and full-year revenue in the company’s history,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO. “Our disciplined focus on execution across technology development, manufacturing, and our traditional and emerging businesses is reflected in our results. We remain committed to driving long-term, sustainable growth as we relentlessly execute our IDM 2.0 strategy.” (…) Weiterlesen »