Bloomberg: NVIDIA to buy ARM, deal could be announced within weeks

Four years after SoftBank acquired ARM for $32 billion, the company is apparently looking to sell. And NVIDIA wants to buy. Bloomberg reports that the two companies are in advanced talks and could “reach a deal in the next few weeks,” acco…

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Four years after SoftBank acquired ARM for $32 billion, the company is apparently looking to sell. And NVIDIA wants to buy. Bloomberg reports that the two companies are in advanced talks and could “reach a deal in the next few weeks,” according to anonymous sources… although there’s still a chance that “negotiations could drag on […]

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Huawei claims #1 smartphone spot after Samsung sales plummet

Huawei survives the COVID-19 economy, Samsung tanks, and Apple’s sales are way up.

Huawei's logo seen at a technology conference.

Enlarge / Huawei's logo at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona in November 2019. (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images)

Despite aggressive sanctions from the US government, Huawei has become the number 1 smartphone manufacturer in the world, according to Canalys. The company's 55.8 million smartphone shipments in Q2 2020 put it at the top of Canalys' charts for the quarter, marking the first time the company has passed Samsung for the top spot.

Huawei's top spot isn't really due to it defeating US sanctions. Huawei's sales are actually down slightly compared to last year, but in the age of the coronavirus, sales being down only "slightly" is a major win. Huawei sales are down 5 percent from Q2 last year, but Samsung sales have been tanking, and are down 30 percent year-over-year. Samsung's dramatic drop was enough to give Huawei the top spot at 55.8 million, compared to Samsung's 53.7 million.

Canalys shows smartphone sales are down nearly across the board this year, with overall shipments falling 14 percent compared to Q2 2019. The one company with growth is Apple in the #3 spot, which is up a whopping 25 percent. Canalys credits the new iPhone SE for a lot of that success, saying that "[i]ts new iPhone SE was critical in the quarter, accounting for around 28% of its global volume, while iPhone 11 remained a strong best-seller at nearly 40%."

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Aya Neo handheld gaming PC with Ryzen 5 4500U reaches the prototype phase

A few months after announcing plans to release a handheld gaming PC powered by an AMD Renoir processor, the developers of the Aya Neo have unveiled a working prototype. The hardware design hasn’t been completely finalized, and it’s unclear…

Aya Neo handheld gaming PC concept render

A few months after announcing plans to release a handheld gaming PC powered by an AMD Renoir processor, the developers of the Aya Neo have unveiled a working prototype. The hardware design hasn’t been completely finalized, and it’s unclear if or when mass production will begin. But thanks to a series of recent videos, we […]

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Quartalsbericht: Nokia erzielt trotz Lieferschwierigkeiten kleinen Gewinn

Nokia bekommt am Samstag einen neuen Chef. Vorgänger Rajeev Suri kann für das zweite Quartal überraschend einen Gewinn ausweisen. Doch das löst das Problem nicht. (Quartalsbericht, Nokia)

Nokia bekommt am Samstag einen neuen Chef. Vorgänger Rajeev Suri kann für das zweite Quartal überraschend einen Gewinn ausweisen. Doch das löst das Problem nicht. (Quartalsbericht, Nokia)

Spaniens Wirtschaft im freien Fall

Das Land hat offiziell fast 1,1 Millionen Stellen verloren, doch die reale Zahl ist viel höher

Das Land hat offiziell fast 1,1 Millionen Stellen verloren, doch die reale Zahl ist viel höher