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Oracle's latest Ampere offers something different to hyperscalers - new cloud platforms offer up to 192 custom Arm cores, and aren't OCI exclusive, unlike Graviton or Cobalt

Oracle launches A4 Standard cloud instances with AmpereOne M cores, offering high-performance CPU configurations and emphasizing silicon neutrality for flexible deployments.

SoftBank is seeking $5 billion loan to invest in OpenAI, plans to use Arm shares as collateral — rapid AI expansion continues, investment could top $30 billion

SoftBank is seeking $5 billion loan to invest in OpenAI, plans to use Arm shares as collateral — rapid AI expansion continues, investment could top $30 billion

SoftBank is securing a $5 billion loan backed by Arm shares to expand its OpenAI and AI infrastructure investments, raising total Arm-collateralized debt to $18.5 billion and further highlighting its leveraged AI expansion strategy.

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Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025

Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025

Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers.

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Analyst claims Softbank bought Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion to help OpenAI's chip ambitions

Did SoftBank spend $6.5 billion on Ampere to power OpenAI’s massive Stargate project?

SoftBank’s Chipmaker Deal: A Bottoming for Semiconductor Stocks?

Softbank just acquired a chipmaker company in March 2025, implying that valuations in the industry may look attractive enough today.

Softbank set to buy Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion and could integrate it with Arm and Graphcore

Arm's Japanese owner is buying Ampere, Arm's only independent server chip vendor, for $6.5 billion.

SoftBank to acquire Arm CPUs for datacenter firm Ampere in $6.5 billion cash deal

SoftBank buys Ampere for $6.5 billion in cash, may use them in Stargate datacenters.

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Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it

Arm's Japanese owner is rumored to be buying Arm's only independent server chip vendor but I don't understand the rationale behind it

Ampere Computing could be sold to Softbank for $6.5 billion in a surprising move that could change the data center CPU market.

Why would Arm's owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason

Why would Arm's owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason

SoftBank eyes Ampere Computing to strengthen its foothold and challenge AMD and Intel head-on.

Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint

Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint

Ampere, a semiconductor designer leveraging Arm's technology, was valued at $8 billion during a proposed minority investment by Japan’s SoftBank in 2021

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Breaking the 1000-core barrier: Ampere unveils roadmap for a 512-core CPU as battle for cloud-native market — but is it already too little too late for the lone Arm chip vendor?

Breaking the 1000-core barrier: Ampere unveils roadmap for a 512-core CPU as battle for cloud-native market — but is it already too little too late for the lone Arm chip vendor?

Ampere unveils roadmap for a 512-core CPU, the AmpereOne Aurora for the cloud-native market.

Chip firm founded by ex-Intel president plans massive 256-core CPU to surf AI inference wave and give Nvidia B100 a run for its money — Ampere Computing AmpereOne-3 likely to support PCIe 6.0 and DDR5 tech

Chip firm founded by ex-Intel president plans massive 256-core CPU to surf AI inference wave and give Nvidia B100 a run for its money — Ampere Computing AmpereOne-3 likely to support PCIe 6.0 and DDR5 tech

The 256-core AmpereOne-3, expected next year, will challenge Nvidia's B100 on AI inference.

‘For many AI applications, GPUs are compute overkill, consuming much more power and money than needed’: How Ampere Computing plans to ride the AI wave

‘For many AI applications, GPUs are compute overkill, consuming much more power and money than needed’: How Ampere Computing plans to ride the AI wave

Interview with Ampere CPO Jeff Wittich about the growing demand for his company’s processors in AI.

Intel is biggest loser as cloud giant splashes billions of dollars on rivals

Intel is biggest loser as cloud giant splashes billions of dollars on rivals

Arm startup emerges as billion dollar winner as cloud giant buys from Intel’s biggest rivals.

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Former Intel Executive Founded Chipmaker Confidentially Files For US IPO

Former Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) President founded chipmaker Ampere Computing has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, Reuters reports. Founder Renee James, who serves as Ampere's CEO, also is a board member of Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) and Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL). Chip demand surged during the pandemic with the shift to remote work with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) making its public debut. However,…

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