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Abhinav Davuluri
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Nvidia Sends Shot Across Intel's Bow With $6.9 Billion Acquisition of Mellanox

On March 11, Nvidia announced it will acquire Israel-based Mellanox Technologies for $6.9 billion, or $125 per share in cash. Mellanox sells networking products that focus on efficient data transfer in data centers via its InfiniBand and Ethernet technologies for interconnects. Over the past year or so, Xilinx, Microsoft, and Intel have all been linked to acquiring Mellanox, particularly as data transfer is a growing bottleneck. Nvidia’s DGX integrated system for artificial intelligence uses Inf...
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NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA engages in graphics processing unit (GPU)-based visual computing and accelerated computing platforms. The company has two segments, GPU and Tegra Processor, which are based on a single underlying architecture. The company's GPU product brands are aimed at markets including GeForce for gamers; Quadro for designers; Tesla and DGX for artificial intelligence data scientists and big data researchers; and GRID for cloud-based visual computing users. The company's Tegra brand integrates an entire computer onto a single chip, and incorporates GPUs and multi-core CPUs to drive supercomputing for autonomous robots, drones, and cars, as well as for game consoles and mobile gaming and entertainment devices.

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Abhinav Davuluri

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