Month: November 2016

Amazon Building Custom Chips to Accelerate Cloud Networking

November 30, 2016

Amazon Web Services is developing customer semiconductors to accelerate its cloud computing network, expanding its push into custom hardware, the company said Tuesday. AWS says its new Annapurna ASIC will enable it move data faster across its huge data center network. “We’re in the semiconductor business!” said James Hamilton, VP

President Obama sets up Semiconductor Working Group

November 1, 2016

President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has formed a working group to strengthen the US semiconductor industry. The announcement setting up the working group says: ‘The industry may be approaching technological and economic inflection points. Based on the currently commercialized approach to semiconductor technology, the