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Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027
A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has ...
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SoftBank’s Chip Designer Arm Considers Acquiring Ampere Computing
A deal for Ampere, whose early backers also include Carlyle Group Inc., would add to a wave of chip companies looking to capitalize on an AI spending boom. Oracle said last year that it owns 29% ...
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SoftBank could soon buy Renee James' Ampere chip company for about $6.5B
Ampere designs ARM chips for the data center, a good fit for SoftBank, which is the majority owner of chip designer ARM Holdings. Ampere declined to comment. Ampere was created in 2017 by James ...
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Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it
Ampere develops high-performance processors for data centers, including the 192-core "Polaris" AmpereOne and upcoming 256-core "Magnetrix", using Arm’s chip designs. Acquiring Ampere could help ...
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Chip Startup Ampere, Founded By Ex-Intel Exec, Files IPO
Chip startup Ampere – founded by the former president of Intel Corp. – on Monday said it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO). Former Intel President Renée James ...
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SoftBank Reportedly In Advanced Talks To Acquire Ampere
(RTTNews) - SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced negotiations to acquire Ampere Computing LLC, a chip designer backed by Oracle Corp., Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.
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Arm to launch its own chip in move that could upend semiconductor industry
SoftBank is also closing in on the acquisition of Ampere, an Oracle-backed chip designer of Arm-based chips for servers that could be valued at close to $6.5bn. That deal is central to Arm’s own ...
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Ampere Reveals 256-Core Server CPU, AI Partnership With Qualcomm In Big Update
In an interview with CRN, Ampere Computing executive Jeff Wittich says channel partners are ‘really important’ to the chip designer’s expanding push against rivals like Intel, which will ...
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Arm launches its own chip
In addition to its chip development efforts, SoftBank is reportedly nearing the acquisition of Ampere, an Oracle-backed chip designer specialising in Arm-based server chips. The deal, valued at ...
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Arm secures Meta as first customer for ambitious new chip project, FT reports
SoftBank is also nearing a $6.5 billion buyout of Oracle-backed (ORCL.N), opens new tab chip designer Ampere, a deal considered essential to Arm's own chipmaking project, according to the report.
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SoftBank could soon buy Renee James' Ampere chip company for about $6.5B
Ampere designs ARM chips for the data center, a good fit for SoftBank, which is the majority owner of chip designer ARM Holdings. Ampere declined to comment. Ampere was created in 2017 by James after ...