Amazon to acquire secretive Israeli chip designer Annapurna LabsJanuary 23, 2015 - 10:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon.com Inc. said it has agreed acquire secretive Israeli chip designer Annapurna Labs Ltd., a potential boost to its rapidly growing business that rents computing power to other companies, the Wall Street Journal An Amazon spokeswoman confirmed the deal after reports that the two companies were in advanced talks. She declined to disclose terms, the Journal says. Amazon had been discussing paying $350 million, according to two people familiar with the matter, though they said the price could rise to $375 million, depending on certain conditions. Based in Yoqneam, in Israel’s north, Annapurna Labs was founded in 2011 by Avigdor Willenz, founder of the chip-design company Galileo Technologies Ltd.; Marvell Technology Group Ltd. bought Galileo for $2.7 billion in 2000. Originally funded by Willenz and people related to him, Annapurna hasn’t revealed the technology it is developing. The people familiar with the matter said Annapurna develops midrange networking chips for data centers that transmit more data and use less power. Seattle-based Amazon, a global market leader in cloud services and online retailing, likely would use Annapurna’s designs in its extensive data centers to lower operating costs, the Journal says. Amazon Web Services rents computing power and data storage to more than one million businesses. Amazon doesn’t disclose revenue for the unit, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that it could post nearly $6 billion in revenue this year, up from $4.3 billion in 2014. Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |