AMD this afternoon has sent out a brief update to the public and investors, offering an update on the status of the ongoing Xilinx acquisition. AMD’s purchase of the FPGA maker, which was previous expected to close by the end of this year, is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. Attributing the setback to delays in regulatory approval, AMD believes they’ll be able to finally secure the necessary approval for the $35 billion deal next quarter.
As a quick refresher, AMD first announced their intention to buy Xilinx back in October of 2020. The FPGA maker was a lucrative target for AMD, whose sales (and market capitalization) have been growing by leaps and bounds over the last few years. This has brought AMD to the point where they are looking at diversification, as well as covering any gaps in their product lineup that would be holding them back in the server market. As the plan goes, acquiring Xilinx, will allow AMD to offer FPGAs alongside (and potentially integrated with) their current CPU and GPU/accelerator products.
The deal was previously expected to close by the end of 2021, and AMD has remained very tight lipped on the matter outside of their initial announcement. None the less, acquiring the necessary regulatory approval is apparently taking AMD longer than planned. According to the company they are not expecting to need to change the deal or alter any of its terms, but they will need another quarter to get the last approvals required to close the deal.
“We continue making good progress on the required regulatory approvals to close our transaction. While we had previously expected that we would secure all approvals by the end of 2021, we have not yet completed the process and we now expect the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2022. Our conversations with regulators continue to progress productively, and we expect to secure all required approvals.”
There are no additional changes to the previously announced terms or plans regarding the transaction and the companies continue to look forward to the proposed combination creating the industry’s high-performance and adaptive computing leader.
You may know him for his role as Jason Bourne in the movie franchise, but Matt Damon has built a reputation as an elite actor in the movie industry with exceptional movies dating as far back as 1987. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the 51-year-old was once ranked by Forbes as one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood. His quick wit, charm, and likable personality have caused him to make a name for himself, putting him in a class of his own as an actor. So we will highlight the great Matt Damon and 10 of his greatest and highest-grossing movies throughout his career.
10 Ocean's Thirteen
If this movie isn't listed as one of the most hilarious comedy crime drama films in modern filmography, it should have a special place there. Ocean's Thirteen was released in theatres in June 2007 and features an iconic lineup of actors, from Matt Damon (Linus Caldwell), Brad Pitt (Rusty Ryan), George Clooney (Danny Ocean), Don Cheadle (Basher Tarr), Andy Garcia (Terry Benedict), Ellen Barkin (Abigail Sponder), and Al Pacino (Willy Bank). The film is based on Danny Ocean's gang of thieves taking revenge on cut-throat casino owner, Willy Bank, wh double-crosses Danny's close friend, Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould). The gang plans to attack the purse of the money-loving Willy Bank and end destroy his reputation as an outstanding hotelier. The film was a success, coming off the heels of Ocean's Twelve, earning $117 million at the worldwide box office.
9 The Bourne Identity
Although The Bourne Identity is commonly compared to other secret agent films such as Pearce Brosnan and Daniel Craig's007 James Bond, Matt Damon may take offense to it. The 2002 film is actually based on a novel written by Robert Ludlum and is the first movie in the franchise. The film centers around a Central Intelligence Agency trained assassin, Jason Bourne, who attempts to discover his true identity after a failed assassination attempt leaves him with amnesia and sends him on the run from the very people he worked for. He adapts to life as a rogue agent, using the skills he was taught to stay alive and make the hunters the hunted. The action film grossed over $121 million.
8 Ocean's Twelve
Released in 2004, the second part of the movie sequel shows much of the same cast of characters. The only difference in the cast for this movie is Julia Roberts, who played the role of Danny Ocean's wife, Beatrice Ocean, and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Isabel Lahiri. The ultimate bank heist comedy, the movie's storyline follows Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his band of skillful thieves as they execute the greatest heists in Las Vegas history, particularly from Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). The crew spends the money as fast as they stole it, and now Mr. Benedict wants his money back with interest. Ocean and his crew must now pull off a string of other heists to pay him back, but this time in Europe. Ocean's Twelve generated $125 million in the US alone.
7 Good Will Hunting
As the oldest film on this list of Matt Damon's highest-grossing films, Good Will Hunting did surprisingly well for the time in which it was released. Produced in 1997, the film focuses on Will Hunting played by Matt Damon (27 at the time of filming the movie) who is gifted with a genius-level IQ. Despite having knowledge of this gift, and a constant reminder from his friend Chuckie Sullivan (Ben Affleck) as well as his college girlfriend, Skylar (Minnie Driver), he's content as a janitor at MIT college. But after solving a complex graduate-level math problem placed on a blackboard as a brainteaser for his students, Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) decides to help him control his temper by introducing him to a therapist named Sean Maguire (Robin Williams). As one of Damon's breakout roles, the movie grossed $138 million at the US box office.
6 The Bourne Supremacy
The saga continues in The Bourne Supremacy, released in 2004, which sees Jason Bourne on the run in India after successfully evading the CIA in The Bourne Identity. His girlfriend, Marie, who he met while in Russia, is now living life under a new name and in a new country, which is where Jason finds her. They reunite and attempt to start living a normal life, but Bourne is framed by a Russian agent, Kirill (Karl Urban), and is hot in pursuit to assassinate him. However, while aiming to shoot Bourne, Kirill misses and shoots Marie, killing her. Bourne is furious and now seeks revenge for the death of Maire and to prove his innocence to the CIA while evading Pamela Landry (Joan Allen), the head of the CIA. The thrilling movie grossed a total of $176 million at the US box office.
5 Ocean's Eleven
As the first installment of the franchise, the 2001-release of Ocean's Eleven featured a similar cast of actors as the installments that followed, such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Bernie Mack, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Don Cheadle, and many others. The Ocean's movie franchise was actually meant to be a remake of the Rat Pack film of the 1960s starring Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Professional bank robber, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) meet with his partner in crime, Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) to propose a heist he has in mind. It involves simultaneously robbing the MGM Grand, the Bellagio, and The Mirage. However, they need funding for the operations, which is where Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould) comes in. Despite being an ambitious plan, Elliot agrees to fund the heists. The exciting comedy-drama film grossed $183 million at the US box office.
4 Saving Private Ryan
Produced and released in 1998, Saving Private Ryan is the second-oldest film on the list. The war-action film stars a cast of A-list actors, among which are Vin Diesel (Private Caparzo), Tom Hanks (Captain Miller), Matt Damon (Private Ryan), Edward Burns (Private Reiben), Barry Pepper (Private Jackson), Giovanni Ribisi (T-4 Medic Wade), and Paul Giamatti (Sergeant Hill). The film, as the reader would recognize, is about saving Private Ryan, who is played by Matt Damon. Produced by Steven Spielberg, the film is set during the Invasion of Normandy during World War II and Captain Miller leads a detachment to locate Ryan, whose brothers have perished in the war. The soldiers learn courage, honor, and loyalty as they trudge through a deadly warzone. Private Ryan earned $216 million on a $70 million budget.
The 2012 action thriller, The Bourne Legacy, picks up from where it left Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). As he grew closer to discovering his identity in the previous installments, he gains greater clarity on the CIA handlers who molded him to become an assassin. In The Bourne Legacy, Jason's actions threaten the destruction of decades of information across multiple secret intelligence agencies. The man who built the programs, Eric Bryer (Edward Norton), decided to eliminate one of the agencies named Outcome, which agent Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a part of. Bryer now targets agent Cross and Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz), a research scientist, must now fight to stay alive. Although Matt Damon wasn't the main character in this installment, it still managed to gross $276.1 million.
2 Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne is back in action in the 2016 film release of Jason Bourne, where he is yet again being hunted by the agency that trained him to be a lethal weapon. It's been 10 years since Bourne turned his back on the CIA and resorted to living in the shadows. However, the corrupt CIA director Robert Dewey sets hacker expert Heather Lee on his case. Also looking for Bourne is Nicki Parsons (Julia Stiles) who has been indifferent to the agency after realizing what was done to Bourne. Now Bourne and Nicki must stick together as they battle this domineering and invasive agency. The film generated $415.5 million in the U.S. alone.
1 The Bourne Ultimatum
Basically, all of Matt Damon's movies perform exceptionally at the box office, both domestically and internationally. The Jason Bourne installments garnered a cult-like following like that of James Bond or Austin Powers, and the fans only seemed to grow more engrossed as the years went by. The 2007 release of The Bourne Ultimatum had all the compelling plots and adrenaline-building excitement as the other films, except this one, was the most satisfying, and that was reflected in the gross earnings. The domestic box office earnings for this film were $228 million, while the worldwide box office gross was $444.1 million. The film also starred Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons and Joan Allen and Pamela Landy.
Ye is an entrepreneur who has his hands on many things, and one of them is basketball. He launched theDondaAcademy earlier in 2021, which he intends to be a prep school that recruits the most talented prospects from across the nation, doing daily routine practices, and keeping up with academics through online learning. On December 23,TMZreported him sitting courtside with fellow rappersFrench Montanaand O.T Genasis at a basketball matchup at Whittier College in California on the night of December 22. Ye was seen chatting with his team players and signing the backs of cell phones for the surrounding fans and college students that flocked the 44-year old rapper.
The prep school boasts some of the nation's most gifted basketball athletes, such as JJ Taylor, Rob Dillingham, Jahki Howard, and Zion Cruz. But due to the fact that this high school basketball academy is owned by a world-renowned celebrity, resale tickets to the game were sold from $25 to $500. That's not even the price of some professionalNBAplayoff tickets. His name definitely precedes him wherever he goes.
Ye also showed up to the matchup game in attire that doesn't depict your average basketball coach. No gym sweatpants, no Donda team jersey. He actually sported all black from head to toe and even instructed the fans to do the same. They obeyed Ye's command and were also seen in all-black attire.
It wasn't much of a coincidence seeing French Montana next to Kanye at the basketball game since he used to date Kim Kardashian's sister, Khloe Kardashian. Montana came as a special guest of theDondaAcademy Doves. Besides attending the basketball game to view from the sidelines, Montana was also spotted gifting Kanye a special edition pair of Air Jordan 3 "Coke Boy L.A Ave" edition sneakers. But as a part of his all-black dress code, he sports either Balenciaga or how own Yeezy Apparel boots. It's clear to see that, despite his turbulence with his relationship with his wife,Kim Kardashian, he is still enjoying the fruit of his investments.
David Letterman has been a talk-show host since 1983 when he hosted Late Night on the NBC Network. After he lost the bid to host The Tonight Show to Jay Leno, he joined CBS, and his show The Late Show With David Letterman started in 1993. The show made Letterman popular, and he hosted it for 22 seasons until 2012. The former late-night host has amassed a $400 million net worth from his television appearances every night. With annual earnings of $28 million, he likes to spend a large sum buying and maintaining vintage cars, an interest he shares with his former late-night rival Jay Leno.
With vintage cars that date back to the 1960s, David Letterman has a stunning collection of some of the most timeless and collectible cars of all time. A man with great taste in automobiles, let’s take a look at David Letterman’s car collection.
16 1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite
A fun drive that gets the name Bugeye for the large, round headlights popping out of the hood, the 1960 Austin-Healey is a sporty-two door that costs $33,800.
After many European classics, Letterman added a Chevrolet to his collection with the 1973 C20 Cheyenne pick-up truck. Since the first iteration was released in 1959, the truck went through several redesigns, and the 1973 model costs $34,700.
14 1959 MGA Twin Cam 1588CC
Like the 1960 Bugeye Sprite, the 1959 MGA is a classic English car that is not a limited edition classic but a fun, sporty drive that genuinely makes it stand out from the rest. According to Motor Biscuit, it costs $57,000.
13 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe
The first of many Porsches on the list, the 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe has an $84,700 price tag. With its unique body style, it is one of the most beautiful cars in the collection.
12 1961 Austin-Healey 3000 MK1
Equipped with a 124 HP engine, the 1961 Austin-Healey is a world-class racecar that any driver can use to cruise around the street at its top speed. The stunning coupe costs $97,000 today.
11 1988 Ferrari 328 GTS
Limited to 1,600 units, the 1988 iteration of the Ferrari 328 GTS came with a reshaped nose and lower grille. As mentioned by Auto Evolution, it features a 3.2-liter powerful V8 that offers 260 HP and 213 lb-ft of torque.
10 1956 Austin-Healey 100-4 BN2
The two-door roadster was meant to be fast and cheap to make it an affordable collectible for anyone. Today, the car is valued at more than $130,000, making it a vintage and rare find for Letterman.
9 1955 Jaguar XK 140
The 1955 Jaguar XK 140 was a flagship sports car for the automaker. Jaguar only manufactured 9,000 units of the XK 140 between 1954 and 1957. Today, it is valued at $137,000.
8 1964 Porsche 356C
The car preceded by the 911 lineup, the 1964 Porsche 356C, is an essential piece of manufacturing in Porsche’s history. Due to its vintage look and styling, it comes with a hefty price tag of $173,000.
7 1961 Porsche 356 Cabriolet
The 356 Cabriolet comes with a stunning two-seater interior and a powerful engine for agility. The valuable convertible is a highlight from the vintage Porsche era and costs $275,000.
6 1983 Ferrari 512 BBi
While none of the 512 BBi were exported to America, Letterman still has one of the 2,000 manufactured. It costs a whopping $300,000.
5 1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS
Named after Ferrari’s son Dino, 1969 246 GTS is a tribute to the family name and a famed experiment, as stated by Hot Cars. A car created to take on the Porsche, the Dino, costs $369,000.
4 1963 Ferrari 250 GTE
The $531,000 Ferrari 250 GTE has a large four-seat cabin and has become a coveted car since only 1,000 of these were produced during its active years, making it a prized car in Letterman’s garage.
3 1956 Porsche 356 1500 GS Carrera
A limited car valued at $855,000, the last Porsche on the list is made for the Porsche enthusiasts who love to fly with the wind.
2 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
With similar mechanics as the 250 GTE, the Lusso comes with a luxurious interior, and only 360 units were produced, costing $1.85 million.
1 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
An exclusive, fast, and powerful car, the 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is the most expensive car in David Letterman’s garage, costing $2.7 million, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth. With a sleek look, it produces 277 HP through its powerful turbochargers.
From Ferraris and Porsches to the American touch with a Chevrolet, David Letterman has a staggering collection that can make anyone jealous. With a taste for the vintage, David Letterman will keep expanding his collection with his growing net worth. More recently, he hosted My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, produced by Netflix.
One of the key issues with purchasing a modern Alder Lake system today is the cost of the memory, especially when an enthusiast wants to use DDR5. Due to component shortages, particularly the power management controllers that each DDR5 module needs, costs of DDR5 are quickly rising, with some scalpers looking for $1000+ for basic memory kits. The solution to this has been to recommend that users look to pair Alder Lake with DDR4 memory, which although it isn’t the latest, is the more cost effective scenario. The downside to this solution is that the user has a DDR4-only motherboard, and not the next generation DDR5. That might become a solved issue soon enough, however.
In a preview video on YouTube posted today by Bing, who I believe is an ASUS ROG employee, the company has been working on a solution to allow users that buy ASUS Z690 motherboards built on DDR5, to run DDR4 in them. Because Intel limited the platform to either DDR5 or DDR4 per motherboard, there’s no way to run both, until now. In the video, Bing describes the new add-in card they’ve been prototyping.
The use case is fairly simple – have a DDR5 board like the ROG Apex, put the carrier card in a memory slot, and place the qualified DDR4 in the top.
Obviously, the situation here is more complex than simply using this carrier card. DDR5 and DDR4 are more than simply a notch difference between them – DDR4 is a single 64-bit memory channel per module, while DDR5 is dual 32-bit channel per module. The key issue is that DDR5 does power management per module, where DDR4 relies on power management on the motherboard, so that has to be taken into consideration. Also, adding in a carrier card extends memory traces, which could degrade the quality of the signal.
What ASUS does here is use a special BIOS revision to allow the ROG Apex DDR5 to run in DDR4 mode. This means that the traces to the memory slots, although laid out for DDR5 operation, are switched into DDR4 mode. Then, on the carrier card, this takes the 5V power signal and runs it through the equivalent of motherboard power management, and controls the data lines to maintain integrity for signal, latency, power, etc.
Bing explains in the video that this is still very much a prototype. It looks like they’re focusing to get it to work on one motherboard with one memory kit first, before optimizing it. Bing states that the carrier card is very tall, and there is room for optimization to make it smaller in the future before ASUS might offer it as a retail product. Also a wider range of validation is likely needed as well.
The video goes to show with a single DDR4 module in the carrier card the system running at DDR4-4400 with a Core i5-12600K. To confirm DDR5 still works, the system is shown running dual modules of DDR5-4400, at least to the BIOS screen. If these modules come to market, they are still in early prototypes, and ASUS will likely judge feasibility and demand for them for pricing.
The former A-list celebrity can boast an amazing decades-long career, followed by a decline due to his outspoken political and social viewpoints. However, Richard Gere isn’t hurting for finances. The Pretty Woman star is still starring in successful Indie films, speaking out against causes close to his heart and raising a family in upstate New York, despite being out of the spotlight in recent years.
Richard Tiffany Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduated from North Syracuse High School in 1967 and had a love for music and gymnastics even as a teen. He completed two years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst but never graduated because he found his calling as an actor displaying some unique talents and a drive to push boundaries.
Gere began on the theater stage and early-on took a role as a homosexual character in “Bent” in a 1979 Broadway production, earning his first Theater World Award for the performance. From there, the world took notice as he appeared in classics like “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), “Pretty Woman” (1990) and “Runaway Bride” (1999) cementing his role as the romantic lead in many Hollywood hits. In 1999 he was also named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. He won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for 2002’s “Chicago”, a perfect fit for a man so connected to dance and music.
His last major Hollywood film was opposite Diane Lane in 2008’s “Nights in Rodanthe”.
Due to his vocal disagreement with China’s role in Hollywood’s agenda, Gere was in some ways, banned from future Hollywood hits; not because his A-list status and talent was unknown, but because his face in a successful film would simply cause financial repercussions as China would refuse to back it.
In fact, at the 1993 Academy Awards, Gere went off script when presenting, by protesting China’s occupation of Tibet and the horrible human rights situation. He called for a boycott of the 2018 Beijing Olympics and according to The Netline, his efforts resulted in a lifetime ban from China.
That didn’t slow Gere down though, he earned his fourth Golden Globe nomination in 2012 for indie film “Arbitrage” and began taking roles that truly established his talent as an actor. “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer” caught the eye of critics across the globe and despite the backlash of his political and social views, he continues to appear on film with new versions of talent and accomplishments.
Most recently, Gere was seen in 2019’s “MotherFatherSon”, his first major television role.
The 72-year-old actor is married with three children; two with current wife Alejandra Silva and one with ex-wife Cary Lowell. He lives in a 50-acre compound in Pound Ridge, NY and owns another apartment in New York City.
Gere co-owns the Bedford Post Inn, an eight-room luxury hotel that includes a yoga studio, meditation center, and three restaurants featuring farm-to-table meals, one of which, is located in a 1700’s farmhouse.
His love of real estate has continued to grow. Gere reportedly paid $9.8 million for an estate in North Salem, NY earlier this year alongside neighbors like David Letterman and Disney composer Alan Menken. The historic 26-acre property was designed by architect Mott Schmidt and built for a Woolworth heir in 1934. The property has a gym, wine cellar, outdoor pool and indoor lap pool.
The “American Gigolo” star is Buddhist and co-founded the Tibet House in 1987, serving as chairman of the board for the International Campaign for Tibet since 1995 and according to Biography, Gere sponsors programs supporting human rights in Tibet as well as programs aiding those suffering from AIDS in India. He helped establish the AIDS Care Home, a residential facility for women and children with AIDS.
In 1991, he founded “The Gere Foundation”, providing support to a variety of humanitarian causes across the world. He currently serves on the board of directors for Healing the Divide, an organization that supports peace, justice and understanding across the globe.
In 2021, Gere criticized Israel for military action against Palestine and his protest was published by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, who work with refugees.
Despite Gere not appearing in the large blockbusters anymore, he says his early success has enabled him to live the life he wants. Able to speak out against inhumane treatment, social, economic and other injustices is his new calling, with acting and celebrity status taking a back seat and that’s okay, according to Gere. Living a life of meaning, is what truly matters.
Billionaire Jeff T. Green made quite the statement earlier this month when he announced his resignation from theMormon churchand subsequently donated over half a million to anLGBTQ+ group.
Green – who is reportedly the wealthiest man from Utah – publicized a letter to the president of the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Russel M. Nelson, on December 20th.
While Green said he has a “deep love for many Mormons,” his departure from the church was motivated by disagreement with certain aspects of the religion. Namely, Mormonism’s opposition to progressive social issues, including those affecting minorities, women, and members of the LGBTQ+ plus community.
"I believe the Mormon church has hindered global progress in women's rights, civil rights and racial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights," he stated.
Similarly, Green criticized the church’s wealth – which is estimated to be more than $100 billion in assets – but failing to do more for its members as well as the global population. Green went so far as to say the church has “exploited its members and their need for hope.”
Continuing on, Green explained that he hadn’t considered himself a member of the church for many years,PEOPLE Magazinereports. He also asked that his official records be removed from the church.
Green ended the letter by pledging to donate $600,000 to Equality Utah as a show of support for theLGBTQ+ community. The organization describes itself as Utah’s “premiere LGBTQ civil rights and advocacy organization.” The organization later released astatement on Twitterthanking the billionaire for his support.
It’s been reported that a majority of the donation will go towards funding a scholarship program to help LGBTQ+ college students in Utah, including those who want to attend Brigham Young University (BYU), a Mormon university in Provo, Utah, known for an honor code that prohibits its students from engaging in homosexual behavior or relationships.
According toNewsweek,the Mormon church has a long and controversial history. The church has historically supported anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives, including a ballot launched in 2008 that aimed to stop same-sex marriages from being legalized in California.
Similarly, the Mormon church also has a contentious relationship with people of color. For example, they had an official policy up until 1978 that banned Black people from entering their temples.
Green is the co-founder of AdECN, a demand-side marketing platform, which was later acquired byMicrosoftin 2017. He’s also the co-founder of The Trade Desk, a buy-side digital advertising platform, of which he currently acts as the CEO and chairman.
According toForbes,Green has a net worth of more than $5.3 billion, making the $600,000 a small dent in his fortune.
Chris Noth’s Tequila brand, called Ambhar, was on its way to being bought by a beverage company. However, later on, it turned out that the agreement was called off due to claims of sexual misconduct by Noth on three women. The representatives of the actor strongly deny these allegations. The agreement between Noth and Entertainment Arts research was initially made in August and expected to finalize by this week. Sadly, when the allegations were made public, Chief Executive Bernard Rubin called Noth to inform him about the deal's cancellation.
Two women shared the details about the incidents in 2004 and 2015. Zoe and Lily spoke separately in recent months to the outlet, and reports say they do not know each other. Zoe claims that she met Noth in 2004 at 22 when she began to work at a media firm. At the time, Noth was 49 years old. Her former boss supported her claim that Noth left her some voicemails and was seen talking to her at her desk. When she meets Noth, she says that he misbehaved with her despite her protest. On the other hand, Lily met Noth in the New York nightclub in 2015 when he was 60, and she was 25. She affirms that Noth invited her to his apartment and misbehaved with her, as reported by Mail Online.
Since Entertainment Arts is joining Peloton, the latter pulled an ad featuring Noth. New York Post says that the video was an attempt to make light of a scene in which Noth’s character, Mr. Big, dies of a heart attack. Apart from the company backing away from the actor after the accusations surfaced Thursday, Noth has also been dropped from A3 Artist Agency, a talent agency in Los Angeles, as reported by New York Post.
Noth released a statement to Fox News digital denying the acquisitions. In that, he said, “The Acquisitions made by the individual against me are false. The encounters were consensual. I don’t know why they are surfacing now, but I know that I did not assault these women”. He also states that he has not and would never cross that line.
As far as most years ago, 2021 has been an up and down year when it comes to the desktop CPU market. At the beginning of the year, the best CPUs on the market were almost impossible to find, and when they were in stock, it was only above the suggested pricing. Now at the end of the year, processors are plentiful, but the needle has swung in the other direction when it comes to performance. Here’s a rundown of the fun year that 2021 has been.
In a brief news release from Intel this afternoon, the chip firm has announced that it has closed on the first stage of its deal to sell its SSD business to SK hynix. As of today, SK hynix has now formally acquired the bulk of Intel’s NAND and SSD businesses, as well as the company’s NAND fab in Dalian, China. Intel will continue to hold a small stake until 2025, and in the meantime Intel’s former SSD assets have been spun-off into a new SK hynix subsidiary, Solidigm.
The Intel-SK hynix deal was first announced in October of 2020, with the two companies inking a deal to transfer over Intel’s NAND and SSD operations over to SK hynix over a several year timeframe. The deal, valued at $9 billion, would see Intel retain all of their Optane/3D XPoint technology and patents, while SK Hynix would receive all of Intel’s NAND-related business, including the Dalian NAND fab and Intel’s SSD business interests.
Now, with approval of the deal from all of the necessary regulatory bodies, the two companies have been able to close on the first part of the deal. The “first closing,” as Intel puts it, has transferred the Dalian fab as well as part of Intel’s SSD IP portfolio to SK hynix. Some employees are also being transferred – essentially all those who aren't working for the fab or are involved in R&D. In return, SK hynix has paid Intel the first $7 billion of the deal.
The rest of the deal is set to close in three and a half years from now, in or around March of 2025. From now until then, Intel will continue to use the Dalian fab to manufacture NAND wafers. To do so, Intel has held on to some of their NAND-related IP, their R&D employees, and the fab employees. All of those assets will then finally be transferred to SK hynix once the deal fully closes and SK hynix pays Intel the final $2 billion.
Finally, SK hynix is taking the Intel assets they’ve acquired thus far and placing them into a new spin-off company, Solidigm. The standalone subsidiary, whose name is apparently a play on “paradigm” and “solid state storage” has setup shop in San Jose, and is being run by former Intel Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group SVP and GM, Rob Crooke. Solidigm, in turn, has inherited Intel’s current NAND SSD product lineup; so Intel’s 660p and 670p client SSDs, as well as their D3/D5/D7 data center SSDs, are now in the process of becoming Solidigm products.
With the clever ways famous magicians like David Blaine, David Copperfield, and Criss Angel perform each trick, they leave the audience in awe most of the time on their performances. With thousands of mystifying performers out there, there are magicians who shone in the performing arts related to magic, and listed below are the top 10 magicians that can leave the world in awe and disbelief with their performances.
Cyril Takayama takes the tenth slot with his cool and awesome magic tricks. He is an accomplished magician who became famous through his YouTube videos. He has become an accomplished magician who created bold and brilliant magic tricks. If someone wants to see creative and fun magic tricks, simply search for Cyril’s videos. With his career as a magician, he was able to gain an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
9 Ricky Jay
With an estimated net worth of $3 million, Ricky Jay takes the ninth spot on the list. Jay is a respected magician as well as a magic historianwho is highly skilledin doing magic tricks and showing the methods and cheats on each trick. He has his own show where he does live close-up magic.
8 Jeff McBride
Jeff McBride takes the eighth spot for this list with an estimated net worth of $5 million. He is a respected magician who is a skilled manipulator who has his own tour and appears on a regular basis in Las Vegas. He constantly brings innovation into his performances and has a great presentation of magic in a theatrical sense.
7 Doug Henning
With an estimated net worth of $8 million, Doug Henning takes the seventh spot on the list. Henning is often credited forbringing back magic into the entertainmentworld as a theatrical art in the 70s. He has starred on numerous broadway shows and has toured on large stage shows. He is also the one who popularized magic on his own TV specials.
6 Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson takes the sixth spot on this list with an estimated net worth of $10 million. He is a famousAmerican actor and TV Starmagician who created a personality and presented himself as a con man at comedy bars and nightclubs. He has starred in his own TV specials.
5 Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson takes the fifth spot on this list with an estimated net worth of $85 million. Mark Wilson is one of the pioneers of magic on TV with his weekly series. He has headlined different Las Vegas shows and has had his own Las Vegas series of shows. He has acted as a magician consultant for different TV shows and has starred in different Magic Specials on TV.
4 Lance Burton
With an estimated net worth of $100 million, Lance Burton is pretty successful and lands on the fourth spot on the list. He hasheadlined numerous magic showsin Las Vegas, including his own shows. Burton has won the International Federation of Magic Societies and has had his own TV specials. He is considered to be one of the most skilled magicians and a great entertainer.
3 Siegfried And Roy
Siegfried and Roy take the third spot on the list with their estimated net worth of $150 million. The pair is well knownfor their magic tricksinvolving cats. They are considered to be the best-known entertainers and the most successful magicians in Las Vegas. However, the pair has already passed away; Roy Horn passed away in May 2020, while Siegfried died last January 2021.
2 Penn And Teller
Penn and Teller are some of themost famous magicians todaywith their live shows in Las Vegas. The brilliant pair shows a lot of mind-boggling tricks, which leaves the audience shocked. They are one of the most respected magicians in history and have amassed an estimated net worth of $400 million.
1 David Copperfield
David Copperfield takes the first spot with an estimated net worth of $4 billion. Copperfield is the best-known magician these days and has presented some innovative magic tricks on national television. He has done numerous TV specials and still continues on tours to perform live magic for the audience. He has immensely developed great talent in magic and has become a talented entertainer.
