The logo of the Japanese company Softbank Group is seen outside the company’s head office in Tokyo on January 22, 2025.
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Flexible banking group said on Wednesday that he acquired ampere computing, a startup that designed a Arm-Cond of server based, for $ 6.5 billion.
The Japanese giant expects the agreement to end in the second half of 2025, according to a statement.
Carlyle group And Oracle The two have undertaken to sell their respective challenges in Ampère, which will work as an independent subsidiary and will retain its seat in Santa Clara, California, according to Softbank.
“Ampère’s expertise in semiconductors and high performance IT will help accelerate this vision and will deepen our commitment to AI innovation in the United States,” said president of Masayoshi, president and chief executive officer of the SoftBank Group Separate declaration.
The startup has 1,000 semiconductor engineers, said SoftBank.
Softbank has expanded its investments in AI infrastructure, including a partnership with OpenAi announced last month To create a level of business AI and thanks to its involvement in the $ 500 billion of US President Donald Trump Investment project in AI Stargate.
“With a shared vision for the progress of the AI, we are delighted to join SoftBank Group and to associate with its portfolio of main technological companies,” said Renee James, founder and CEO of Ampère. “It is a fantastic result for our team, and we are delighted to advance our Ampéreone roadmap for high performance arms processors and AI.”
Flexible bank acquired British Chip Designer Arm in 2016 for $ 32 billion, with the company launch Its initial public offer in 2023.
Renee James, founder and chief executive officer of Ampere Computing LLC, speaks during the AI-Pulse conference in Paris, November 7, 2024.
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The chips that use the set of ARM instructions represent an alternative to chips based on X86 architecture, which Intel And Dmla sell. Arm chips often consume less energy.
James created Ampère in 2017 after 28 years at Intel, where she reached the post of president. Earlier, she was executive vice-president and general manager of the Intel software and services group.
Cloud infrastructure predictor Amazon Web Services offers a Graviton for rent arm chip that has become popular among large customers. In October, Microsoft began to sell access to its own Cubalt 100 cloud computing instances.
Softbank shares were seen lastly about 2% on Thursday.
