NVIDIA Invests $5 Billion in Intel Common Stock as Part of Strategic Collaboration

Intel Enters Semiconductor Co-Investment with Brookfield Infrastructure for Up to $30B Arizona Manufacturing Expansion

August 26, 2022

Manufacturing

Intel and Brookfield Infrastructure (an infrastructure affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management) signed a definitive agreement to co-invest in Intel’s Ocotillo campus manufacturing expansion in Chandler, Arizona. The parties will jointly invest up to $30 billion, with Intel funding 51% and Brookfield funding 49%, while Intel retains majority ownership and operating control of the new leading-edge chip factories. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

Intel Acquires Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion

February 15, 2022

IT Services

Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $53 per share in cash, valuing the deal at approximately $5.4 billion. The acquisition advances Intel’s IDM 2.0 strategy by combining Intel Foundry Services’ leading-edge capacity with Tower’s specialty analog technologies and customer-first foundry footprint.

Thoma Bravo Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Intel 471

September 8, 2021

Cybersecurity

Thoma Bravo has signed a definitive agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Intel 471, a San Francisco–based provider of cyber threat intelligence. The company’s co-founders will remain in leadership and retain significant ownership; proceeds will be used to accelerate product development, broaden go-to-market efforts and support continued innovation.

AMD Acquires Xilinx for $49 Billion

February 14, 2022

Manufacturing

AMD completed its $49 billion all-stock acquisition of Xilinx, combining AMD’s CPUs and GPUs with Xilinx’s industry-leading FPGAs, adaptive SoCs and software tools. Xilinx stockholders received 1.7234 shares of AMD common stock per Xilinx share; former Xilinx CEO Victor Peng joins AMD as president of the new Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group (AECG).

NVIDIA Acquires OctoAI

September 25, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

NVIDIA has acquired Seattle-based OctoAI, a startup that provides tooling and infrastructure to build and run generative AI models. The deal — reported at roughly $165 million before adjustments and with potential incentives that could push consideration higher — brings OctoAI's ML compiler and model-serving technology and team into NVIDIA to bolster its AI infrastructure offerings.

Qualcomm Technologies to Acquire NUVIA for About $1.4 Billion

January 16, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Qualcomm announced that its subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NUVIA for approximately $1.4 billion, subject to working capital and other adjustments. The deal will bring NUVIA’s CPU and SoC design team into Qualcomm to expand Snapdragon computing performance and power efficiency for next-generation devices.