SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5 billion deal
- SoftBank is acquiring Ampere Computing, a chip design startup, for $6.5 billion in cash, as stated in their announcement on Wednesday.
- Ampere will continue as a subsidiary and retain its name and headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2025.
- Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, stated that Ampere's semiconductor expertise will help accelerate advancements in AI.
- Renee James, founder of Ampere, expressed excitement about joining SoftBank and advancing their AmpereOne roadmap for high-performance processors and AI.
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Japan’s SoftBank Group has announced that it will acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion. Ampere is a fabless company that designs CPUs for data centers based on the Arm architecture. The acquisition will significantly expand SoftBank’s presence in the fast-growing market for Arm-based server processors. The deal will be completed by Oracle and Carlyle selling their stakes in Ampere. The acquisition could strengthen SoftBank’s position in the…
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Ampere was founded eight years ago and sells chips based on Arm technology, a British company that already belongs to the Japanese conglomerate
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