On Wednesday, Oracle (ORCL.N) announced that it would employ Ampere Computing’s flagship processor chips in its cloud computing service, boosting the chip business that has filed for an initial public offering. Oracle’s announcement comes just after Ampere Computing announced its filing for an IPO.
Chips for data centers are designed by Ampere utilizing technology licensed from Arm Holdings, while production is handled by Taiwan’s TSMC (2330. TW). Ampere was created by executives who had previously held positions at Intel (INTC.O).
Ampere’s chips are intended to be more power-efficient than standard processors manufactured by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), which have since released products that compete with Ampere’s chips. Ampere’s chips were created to maximize energy efficiency.
Oracle is a significant investment in Ampere, and the company was one of the pioneers in the cloud computing industry in its adoption of Ampere chips in 2021. Renee James, CEO of Ampere, is a member of the board of directors at Oracle.
Ampere announced a month ago that Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud will be offering its most recent chips, which have computer cores that were custom-created by Ampere.
When it comes to purchasing chips, cloud computing corporations are among the major buyers since they buy them in bulk and then rent them out to software developers.
