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Recently, SoftBank Group announced that it has successfully acquired the independent chip design company Ampere Computing through its subsidiary Silver Bands6. The total amount of this transaction reached 6.5 billion US dollars, and it was conducted entirely in cash. After the acquisition, Ampere will continue to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank, retain its original brand, and its financial and operational data will be consolidated into SoftBank's financial statements from the date of acquisition.
Notably, the two major investors of Ampere — Carlyle Group and Oracle — also sold all their shares in this transaction. SoftBank stated that this acquisition will further enhance its core competitiveness in the field of artificial intelligence infrastructure and accelerate the growth of related businesses.
Ampere Computing was founded in 2018 and is a chip design company focused on data center processors, developing based on the Arm architecture. The company currently has approximately 1,000 highly qualified semiconductor engineers, and its clients include industry giants in cloud computing such as Google, Microsoft, and Oracle. Ampere's technological capabilities are expected to play an important role in the growing market.
Earlier this year, there were reports that Arm planned to acquire or collaborate deeply with Ampere to enhance its influence in the cloud computing infrastructure market. Since Arm itself is a subsidiary of SoftBank, this acquisition by SoftBank was expected within the industry.
This acquisition marks another deepening of SoftBank's layout in the fields of AI and cloud computing. The addition of Ampere is expected to bring more technological innovation and market opportunities for SoftBank.
Key Points:
🌟 SoftBank acquired Ampere Computing through its subsidiary for 6.5 billion US dollars in cash.
💼 Ampere will continue to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank, retaining its original brand.
🚀 This acquisition will strengthen SoftBank's capabilities in the AI infrastructure field and drive business growth.