Last year, Qualcomm buying nuviaa startup led by former Apple and Google workers Gerald William, Manu Gulati, and John Bruno, respectively. Incidentally, Qualcomm isn’t the only company keeping an eye on the chip startup founded by these former top executives. Apple and Google. Reports suggest that Google also wants to acquire the company mainly because of their talent. However, Qualcomm emerged as the winner with a $1.4 billion offer.
The Information reports that Nuvia made the news when Apple sued the company for poaching its ‘chip talent’. In fact, according to the report, that’s when the chip startup “finally became an acquisition target” by Google, Microsoft, cleverand Qualcomm.
Apple sues Nuvia for employee poaching
Founded by former Apple and Google employees, Nuvia is building the world’s leading server processor. However, a lawsuit from the Cupertino giant soon followed, alleging that the startup poached its chipmaking employees, suing its former executive who led the development process. develop the M1 chip.
The report says that the lawsuit has been public enough for Nuvia to be considered a credible semiconductor startup, according to people familiar with the company. And also put it under the radar of Google, Qualcomm and others.
Google may have wanted Nuvia for Tensor
With Google working on its own custom chip internally, the company may want to buy the startup to ramp up its efforts, which would result in an internal team working on Tensor instead of rely on Samsung to design.
Nuvia becomes Oryon
However, we know how it all ended. Qualcomm bought Nuvia, had an unfinished chipset, diluted the company in itself and continued to grow, eventually creating an ARM chipset for PCs called Oryon instead of for servers.
The acquisition was met with a lawsuit from ARM, alleging that the company violated a license agreement and wanted to use Nuvia’s existing license for custom chips, which was not transferable upon acquisition. . However, Qualcomm says the company already has a license that allows it to build its custom chip.
The Information reports that Nuvia made the news when Apple sued the company for poaching its ‘chip talent’. In fact, according to the report, that’s when the chip startup “finally became an acquisition target” by Google, Microsoft, cleverand Qualcomm.
Apple sues Nuvia for employee poaching
Founded by former Apple and Google employees, Nuvia is building the world’s leading server processor. However, a lawsuit from the Cupertino giant soon followed, alleging that the startup poached its chipmaking employees, suing its former executive who led the development process. develop the M1 chip.
The report says that the lawsuit has been public enough for Nuvia to be considered a credible semiconductor startup, according to people familiar with the company. And also put it under the radar of Google, Qualcomm and others.
Google may have wanted Nuvia for Tensor
With Google working on its own custom chip internally, the company may want to buy the startup to ramp up its efforts, which would result in an internal team working on Tensor instead of rely on Samsung to design.
Nuvia becomes Oryon
However, we know how it all ended. Qualcomm bought Nuvia, had an unfinished chipset, diluted the company in itself and continued to grow, eventually creating an ARM chipset for PCs called Oryon instead of for servers.
The acquisition was met with a lawsuit from ARM, alleging that the company violated a license agreement and wanted to use Nuvia’s existing license for custom chips, which was not transferable upon acquisition. . However, Qualcomm says the company already has a license that allows it to build its custom chip.
