REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 19 (Reuters) - Oracle (ORCL.N) said on Tuesday that it would use Ampere Computing's flagship processor chips in its cloud computing service, in a boost to the chip company that has filed for an initial public offering.
Ampere aimed to create chips that are designed to be more energy efficient than traditional processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), both of which have subsequently announced offerings that compete with Ampere's chips.
Oracle is a major investor in Ampere and was among the first cloud companies to adopt its chips in 2021.
Ampere said last month that Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud unit would offer its newest chips, which feature computing cores custom designed by Ampere.
Cloud computing companies are among the largest purchasers of chips, buying them en masse and renting them out to software developers.
Persons:
Brendan McDermid, Ampere, Taiwan's TSMC, Renee James, Stephen Nellis, Jamie Freed
Organizations:
Oracle Corporation, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Oracle, Intel, Arm Holdings, Devices, Google, Thomson
Locations:
New York City, U.S, Ampere, San Francisco