The Santa Clara, California-based chip company’s potential sale would mark a shift for the company, especially for founder and CEO Renee James, who previously aimed to take the firm public.

SoftBank is buying Ampere in an all-cash transaction that values the Santa Clara, California-based firm at $6.5 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.

SoftBank is buying Santa Clara-based AI chip designer Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion, the Japanese company announced on Wednesday.

SANTA CLARA, California/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the $6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing, a U ...

As part of the deal, Carlyle and Oracle Corp., Ampere's primary investors, are divesting their stakes in the company. Ampere will remain headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ampere® today announced two key developments in its strategy to deliver open, efficient and scalable infrastructure for AI and cloud workloads ...

Ampere spent more than $1 billion on developing its chips Former Intel president's Santa Clara chip company files for an IPO Former Intel star Renee James' new chip startup is moving fast ...

Semiconductor company Ampere Computing, backed by Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and Larry Ellison, is likely considering a potential sale, according to a Bloomberg report that cites people familiar with the ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Aug. 5, 2024 — Ampere and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) announced today the launch of second-generation Ampere-based compute instances, OCI Ampere A2 Compute, based on the ...

SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion. Carlyle Group and Oracle both have committed to selling ...

SANTA CLARA, California/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the $6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing, a U ...