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

SoftBank Group said on Wednesday it would acquire Ampere Computing, a US chip start-up founded by the former president of Intel that is increasingly focused on artificial intelligence, in a US$6.5 ...

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 ...

SoftBank Group Corp. announced on March 20, 2025 that it will acquire semiconductor design company Ampere Computing in a cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion. Subject to closing conditions ...

SoftBank said Wednesday it is buying chip designer Ampere for $6.5 billion, a move aimed at expanding the Japanese investment firm’s presence in artificial intelligence and data centers.

TOKYO: Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the US$6.5bil purchase of Ampere Computing, a US chip startup founded by the former ...

SoftBank Group has announced that it will acquire Ampere Computing, an independent silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction that values the business at $6.5 billion. SoftBank to pay $6.5bn ...

For the last eight years, Ampere has been designing high-performance processors tailored for cloud computing, AI workloads, and data centres. Ampere’s lead investors, private equity firm Carlyle ...

Softbank Group Corp has agreed to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere Computing LLC in a move that further broadens the Japanese investment firm’s push into artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Discover stocks' market position with detailed competitor analyses. Upon the deal’s closure, Ampere Computing will become a wholly owned unit of SoftBank, but it will continue to operate under ...