Overview

• SoftBank announced its $6.5 billion all-cash acquisition of Ampere Computing, a U.S. semiconductor company, as part of its AI infrastructure strategy.
• Ampere will retain its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and operate as an independent subsidiary under SoftBank's ownership.
• The acquisition aligns with SoftBank's ownership of Arm Holdings, whose architecture underpins Ampere's high-performance server chips used by major cloud providers like Google, Microsoft, and Oracle.
• Ampere's founders and major investors, including Oracle and Carlyle Group, will sell their stakes as part of the agreement, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2025.
• SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son highlighted the acquisition as a step toward advancing 'artificial super intelligence' by leveraging Ampere's expertise in semiconductors and computing power.