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BV Swagath

Apple signs $30bn Broadcom deal to boost US chip production

The agreement aims to manufacture more than 15 billion chips in the US and create hundreds of jobs.

Samsung initiates mass production of PCIe 6.0 SSD for AI servers

The PM1763 SSD is built for AI and HPC servers, addressing high-bandwidth and low-latency needs driven by rapid data growth.

Broadcom signs multi-year chip supply deal with Apple until 2031

The semiconductor group will supply custom silicon components for multiple future Apple devices under a new agreement running through 2031.

SK hynix to launch $28bn Nasdaq listing amid global AI chip demand

Funds from the US listing will support new chip factory construction and advanced equipment purchases, including an ASML EUV scanner.

EU’s top court confirms Google’s $4.7bn Android antitrust fine

The judgment concludes a legal dispute that began after the European Commission fined Google in 2018 for abusing market dominance.

Kyndryl expands sovereignty services with Microsoft cloud

Kyndryl combines its Sovereignty Solutioning with Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud to help organisations meet complex regulatory needs.

Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs in upcoming redundancy round

The planned redundancies are expected to be smaller in scale than those carried out by Microsoft in the previous year.

Claude models launch in Microsoft Foundry with full Azure integration

Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5 are now available to Azure customers, integrated with current Azure controls and billing.

Persistent Systems to acquire Germany-based Nagarro in $1.4bn deal

The proposed acquisition supports Persistent’s strategy to build its digital engineering and AI transformation capabilities in the European market.

IBM reveals 0.7nm node chip, doubling transistor density over 2nm

IBM’s 0.7nm chip fits nearly 100bn transistors on a fingernail-sized area, nearly doubling the density of its 2nm model.