The logo of the Japanese company Softbank Group will be visible outside its headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025.
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SoftBank Group On Wednesday, it said it would acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed arm-based server chips, for $6.5 billion.
The Japanese giants are hoping that trading will close in the second half of 2025. statement.
Carlisle Group and Oracle Softbank said both operate as independent subsidiaries and are committed to selling their respective stakes at Ampere, which maintains its headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
“Ampre’s expertise in semiconductors and high-performance computing will accelerate this vision and deepen our commitment to AI innovation in the US.” Individual statements.
The startup has 1,000 semiconductor engineers, SoftBank says.
SoftBank is expanding its investment in AI infrastructure, including partnerships with OpenAI It was announced last month Create Enterprise-level AI and through President Donald Trump’s $500 billion private commitment AI Investment Project Stargate.
“With our shared vision of moving forward with AI, we look forward to joining SoftBank Group and partnering with a portfolio of leading technology companies,” said Renee James, founder and CEO of Ampere. “This is an incredible result for our team and we are excited to advance our Ampereone® roadmap for high-performance arm processors and AI.”
SoftBank acquired British Chip Designer Arm for $32 billion in 2016 and launched its first public offer in 2023.
Renee James, founder and CEO of Ampere Computing LLC, spoke at the AI-Pulse Conference held in Paris on November 7th, 2024.
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Chips using ARM instruction sets represent alternatives to chips based on the X86 architecture. Intel and AMD sell. Arm-based tips often consume less energy.
Ampere founder and CEO Renee James founded the startup in 2017 after being promoted to presidential position at Intel 28 years later.
Major Cloud Infrastructure Providers Amazon Web Services offers Rent’s Graviton Arm chips, which are popular among large customers. In October, Microsoft began selling access to its own Cobalt 100 ARM-based cloud computing instance.
SoftBank shares last saw it fall about 2% on Thursday.
