SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 ...

SoftBank Group Corp. announced late Wednesday it is acquiring semiconductor designer Ampere Computing in a $6.5 billion deal that will expand its investments in AI infrastructure.

Arm’s Japanese owner, SoftBank, is set to acquire Ampere - Arm's only independent server chip vendor - for $6.5 billion ...

Up until now, the acquisition had only been a strong rumor, but it’s now finally confirmed that SoftBank will be buying Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion (approximately ¥973.0 billion).

We understand, given the difficulties of selling Arm server chips to hyperscalers and cloud builders that are also designing and manufacturing their own Arm CPUs, why Ampere Computing, the only ...

By bringing Ampere into the fold alongside Arm and Graphcore, SoftBank is building more than chips—it’s building leverage. As ...

SoftBank said it's acquiring chip designer Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion in cash. Ampere will operate as a subsidiary, keeping its name and headquarters in Santa Clara. SoftBank's CEO said the ...

Japan's SoftBank buys US chip startup Ampere Follows announced investments in OpenAI and Stargate project Aims to develop greater computing power for AI The all-cash deal announced on Wednesday ...

SoftBank 9984-3.92%decrease; red down pointing triangle Group inked a deal to purchase U.S.-based chip designer Ampere Computing Holdings for $6.5 billion, the latest in a series of investments to ...

March 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE: 9984, "SoftBank Group") today announced that it will acquire Ampere® Computing, a leading independent silicon design company ...

Japanese investment group Softbank said Wednesday that it had agreed to buy US chip startup Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion, deepening its push into artificial intelligence infrastructure.