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高通击败谷歌,收购由前苹果员工领导的芯片初创公司

据《The Information》报道,Nuvia上了新闻,因为苹果起诉该公司乐动扑克挖走了自己的芯片人才。事实上,根据该报告,正是在那时,这家芯片初创公司“最终成为谷歌、微软、英特尔和高通的收购目标”。

去年,Qualcomm收购了Nuvia这家初创公司由前苹果公司(apple)和前高管领导谷歌员工杰拉尔德•威廉姆斯分别是马努·古拉蒂和约翰·布鲁诺。顺便说一句,高通并不是唯一一家关注这一领域的公司芯片由苹果和谷歌的前高管创立的初创公司。有报道称,谷歌也想收购这家公司,主要是看中它的人才。然而,高通以14亿美元的价格成为赢家。

据《The Information》报道,Nuvia上了新闻,因为苹果起诉该公司乐动扑克挖走了自己的芯片人才。“事实上,根据报道,正是在那时,这家芯片初创公司‘最终成为了谷歌的收购目标’,微软英特尔高通公司。

苹果起诉Nuvia挖人
Nuvia由前苹果和谷歌员工创立,当时正在打造全球领先的服务器处理器。但是,这家库比蒂诺巨头很快就提起了诉讼,指控这家初创公司挖走了它的芯片员工,起诉了领导M1芯片开发的前高管。

据熟悉Nuvia的人士称,该诉讼为Nuvia提供了足够的宣传,使其被视为一家可靠的半导体初创公司。同时也将其置于谷歌、高通和其他公司的雷达之下。

谷歌可能想要Nuvia作为Tensor
由于谷歌正在开发其内部定制芯片,该公司可能想要收购这家初创公司来加强其努力,这将导致一个内部团队致力于Tensor,而不是依赖于Tensor三星为了设计。

Nuvia变成了Oryon
然而,我们知道这一切是如何结束的。高通收购了Nuvia,得到了一个不成熟的芯片组,稀释了公司内部的股份,并继续发展,最终为pc生产了名为Oryon的ARM芯片组,而不是用于服务器。

此次收购面临来自ARM的诉讼,ARM指控Nuvia违反了许可协议,并希望使用Nuvia现有的定制芯片许可,而这些许可在收购中无法转让。然而,高通表示,该公司已经获得了制造定制芯片的许可证。

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Last year, Qualcomm<\/a> acquired Nuvia<\/a>, a startup led by ex-Apple and Google<\/a> employees Gerald Williams<\/a>, Manu Gulati, and John Bruno, respectively. Incidentally, Qualcomm was not the only company eyeing the chip<\/a> startup founded by these former top execs of Apple and Google. Reports suggest that Google, too, wanted to acquire the company primarily for its talent. However, Qualcomm emerged as the winner with its $1.4 billion offer.

The Information reports that Nuvia made news when Apple sued the company for poaching its \u2018chip talent.\u2019 In fact, as per the report, it was then that the chip startup \u201ceventually became a takeover target\u201d for Google,
Microsoft<\/a>, Intel<\/a>, and Qualcomm.

Apple sued Nuvia for poaching employees<\/strong>
Founded by ex-Apple and Google employees, Nuvia was building the world\u2019s leading server processor. But, a lawsuit from the Cupertino giant soon followed, alleging that the startup had poached its chip staff, suing its former executive, who led the development of the M1 chip.