NVIDIA is Just a Step Away from Becoming the Semiconductor Giant

NVIDIA is Just a Step Away from Becoming the Semiconductor Giant

The acquisition of Arm has finally concluded. On September 14, 2020, NVIDIA officially announced that it would acquire Arm, a semiconductor design company under SoftBank Group, for $40 billion (approximately 273.32 billion RMB). NVIDIA will pay $21.5 billion in NVIDIA stock and $12 billion in cash, including an immediate payment of $2 billion. If the … Read more

Introduction to ARM Official Documentation and Resources

Introduction to ARM Official Documentation and Resources

As a large IP company, ARM’s official website provides a wealth of resources including documentation on IPs, architectural documents, application manuals, and more, which can serve as reference materials for learning. The quality of ARM’s documentation is quite good, and interested readers can visit the ARM official website to search for the documents they need: … Read more

MediaTek Prepares for Dimensity 9300 CPU with No Little Cores! Arm’s Latest Cortex-X4 Super Core

MediaTek Prepares for Dimensity 9300 CPU with No Little Cores! Arm's Latest Cortex-X4 Super Core

Yesterday, Arm Holdings released its 2023 mobile processor solutions, including the Cortex-X4 super core, A720, and A520 next-generation CPUs, as well as the Immortalis G720, Mali G720, and Mali G620 fifth-generation GPUs.MediaTek also officially announced a teaser stating that its next-generation flagship chip (likely named Dimensity 9300) will adopt Arm’s latest Cortex-X4 and Cortex-A720 CPU … Read more

Acquisition of Nuvia: A Potentially Wise Decision for Qualcomm

Acquisition of Nuvia: A Potentially Wise Decision for Qualcomm

If you have been following the semiconductor chip industry, you may know that in the past year or two, “mergers and acquisitions” have become a prominent keyword in this field. For example, Intel acquired enterprise chip giant Altera for $16.7 billion, AMD acquired another enterprise chip giant Xilinx for $35 billion, and NVIDIA recently completed … Read more

How to Master Embedded Linux?

How to Master Embedded Linux?

Follow and star our official account to access exciting content ID: Technology Makes Dreams Greater Compiled by: Li Xiaoyao As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. When you first start, do you feel completely lost on how to begin? Searching online leads you to a pile of new terms that confuse you, … Read more

A Step-by-Step Guide to Debugging ARM Programs Using VSCode, gdb, and gdbserver

A Step-by-Step Guide to Debugging ARM Programs Using VSCode, gdb, and gdbserver

Click on the above “Embedded Miscellany” to select “Top Public Account” to view embedded notes at the first time! In embedded software development, the most commonly used debugging methods are: log printing debugging and online debugging. Related articles on log printing debugging: Can’t solve the bug? Use the logging method. When developing STM32, we have … Read more

How to Resolve Compilation Issues with the Latest Version of Keil for ARM 5.33?

How to Resolve Compilation Issues with the Latest Version of Keil for ARM 5.33?

I am someone who compulsively chases the latest updates; every time I see software updates, I have to upgrade, or I feel uneasy. This time, I fell victim to this obsession.While developing on the 407 development board using the latest version of Keil for ARM 5.33, I found that my self-created project could not compile … Read more

Huawei Comics | What is DSP?

Huawei Comics | What is DSP?

Follow and star our public account, to access exciting content Source | Huawei Kirin Embedded engineers are familiar with what a CPU and MCU are, and there is another member that is often mentioned: DSP. What exactly is a DSP? Let’s explore it through a story!-END- You may also like (click the underline to read) … Read more

Arm’s Ambition: Aiming for 50% of the Global Data Center CPU Market by Year-End

Arm's Ambition: Aiming for 50% of the Global Data Center CPU Market by Year-End

On April 2, Arm’s Senior Vice President of Infrastructure, Mohamed Awad, stated in an interview with Reuters that Arm aims to increase its share of the global data center CPU market from the current 15% to 50% by the end of 2025. Currently, most servers run on Intel Xeon processors or AMD EPYC processors based … Read more

ARM Recently Seeks Acquisition of Alphawave for AI Chip Technology

ARM Recently Seeks Acquisition of Alphawave for AI Chip Technology

Key Points ARM recently sought to acquire Alphawave to obtain AI chip technology, but ultimately did not proceed, highlighting the complexities of competition in the AI chip sector. Alphawave’s SerDes technology is considered key for high-performance connectivity in AI chips, with the market expected to reach $60 billion by 2028. The failed acquisition may be … Read more