AMD buys Pensando

Stefan Mileschin · 5th April 2022, 14:49

All your fully programmable processor designs are ours

AMD has written a cheque for Pensando, which designs programmable processors.

The deal is worth $1.9 billion, but a fully programmable processor is different from the field-programmable arrays (FPGAs) that AMD has just got its paws on through its recent Xilinx buy.

FPGAs are suitable for managing security networking or data processing but need additional hardware for some services. With Pensando, AMD gets another type of IP: programmable processors and application software that operates it.

Word on the street is that AMD is less interested in the hardware but wants Pensando's software. The solutions platform includes a "programmable packet engine and complete software stack that accelerates networking, security, storage and other services for cloud, enterprise and edge applications."

https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...-buys-pensando

5th April 2022, 14:49	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	AMD buys Pensando All your fully programmable processor designs are ours AMD has written a cheque for Pensando, which designs programmable processors. The deal is worth $1.9 billion, but a fully programmable processor is different from the field-programmable arrays (FPGAs) that AMD has just got its paws on through its recent Xilinx buy. FPGAs are suitable for managing security networking or data processing but need additional hardware for some services. With Pensando, AMD gets another type of IP: programmable processors and application software that operates it. Word on the street is that AMD is less interested in the hardware but wants Pensando's software. The solutions platform includes a "programmable packet engine and complete software stack that accelerates networking, security, storage and other services for cloud, enterprise and edge applications." https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...-buys-pensando

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