About Ampere Computing
Ampere Computing designs Arm-based server processors for cloud data centres. Its Altra family offers up to 128 cores and its AmpereOne family up to 192 single-threaded cores, with each core a full processor that does not share execution resources with another thread. The design aims at predictable performance and low power use per core. Ampere was founded by former Intel president Renee James and is based in Santa Clara, California. SoftBank Group announced in March 2025 that it would buy the company for 6.5 billion dollars, and the deal closed in November 2025.
Ampere Computing was founded in 2017 and is based in Santa Clara, CA, United States. It is listed under Custom Silicon, CPUs & RISC-V.
Compute Technologies
- Custom Silicon
What Ampere Computing works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
