Sources: UK chip designer Graphcore explores a sale to foreign owners in a deal that could be worth $500M+; rumoured buyers include OpenAI, SoftBank, and Arm (Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/17/british-ai-champion-graphcore-explores-foreign-sale/
http://www.techmeme.com/240217/p8#a240217p8
More M&A in the advanced cooling sector. The backers of TierPoint have acquired a controlling interest in extreme density cooling specialist DDC Cabinet Technology. DDC makes high-density cabinets and micro data centers. #datacenter #ai #cooling #cloud
Today, Intel celebrated the opening of Fab 9 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
The milestone is part of Intel's $3.5B investment to equip its New Mexico operations for the manufacturing of advanced semiconductor packaging technologies including Foveros
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-opens-fab-9-new-mexico.html