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==History==
==History==
Annapurna Labs, named after the [[Annapurna Massif]] in the [[Himalaya]]s, was co-founded in 2011<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Greg |last2=Bensinger |first2=Dan |date=2016-01-06 |title=Amazon Enters Semiconductor Business With Its Own Branded Chips |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-enters-semiconductor-business-with-its-own-branded-chips-1452124921 |work=The Wall Street Journal |url-access=limited}}</ref> by Bilic "Billy" Hrvoje, a Bosnian [[Jewish]] [[Yugoslav Wars#Internally displaced persons and refugees|refugee]], Nafea Bshara, an [[Arab]] [[Israelis|Israeli]] citizen,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Annapurna Labs: AWS' Secret Sauce | access-date= 2019-12-09 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2019/03/10/how-an-acquisition-made-by-amazon-in-2016-became-companys-secret-sauce/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=If you can dream it, you can do it| access-date=2019-12-09 | author=Rebecca Kopans | url=https://www.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FOCUS-FEBRUARY-2018.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209133813/https://www.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FOCUS-FEBRUARY-2018.pdf|archive-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and Ronen Boneh with investments from the independent investors Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, [[Andy Bechtolsheim]], the [[venture capital]] firm Walden International, [[Arm Holdings]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=AWS and ARM: Working together to re-invent the cloud|author=Kristen Lisa|access-date=2019-12-09|url=https://www.arm.com/company/news/2018/11/arm-and-aws-working-together-to-reinvent-the-cloud}}</ref> and [[TSMC]]. Board members include Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, and [[Lip-Bu Tan]], the CEO of both Walden International and [[Cadence Design Systems]].<ref name="semi_Semi">{{Cite web
Annapurna Labs, named after the [[Annapurna Massif]] in the [[Himalaya]]s, was co-founded in 2011<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Greg |last2=Bensinger |first2=Dan |date=2016-01-06 |title=Amazon Enters Semiconductor Business With Its Own Branded Chips |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-enters-semiconductor-business-with-its-own-branded-chips-1452124921 |work=The Wall Street Journal |url-access=limited}}</ref> by Bilic "Billy" Hrvoje, a Bosnian [[Jewish]] [[Yugoslav Wars#Internally displaced persons and refugees|refugee]], Nafea Bshara, an [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab Israeli]] citizen,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Annapurna Labs: AWS' Secret Sauce | access-date= 2019-12-09 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2019/03/10/how-an-acquisition-made-by-amazon-in-2016-became-companys-secret-sauce/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=If you can dream it, you can do it| access-date=2019-12-09 | author=Rebecca Kopans | url=https://www.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FOCUS-FEBRUARY-2018.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209133813/https://www.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FOCUS-FEBRUARY-2018.pdf|archive-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and Ronen Boneh with investments from the independent investors [[Avigdor Willenz]], Manuel Alba, [[Andy Bechtolsheim]], the [[venture capital]] firm Walden International, [[Arm Holdings]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=AWS and ARM: Working together to re-invent the cloud|author=Kristen Lisa|access-date=2019-12-09|url=https://www.arm.com/company/news/2018/11/arm-and-aws-working-together-to-reinvent-the-cloud}}</ref> and [[TSMC]]. Board members include Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, and [[Lip-Bu Tan]], the CEO of both Walden International and [[Cadence Design Systems]].<ref name="semi_Semi">{{Cite web
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The first product launched under the AWS umbrella was the AWS Nitro hardware and supporting hypervisor in November 2017.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Liguori |first1=A |title=The Nitro Project–Next Generation AWS Infrastructure |journal=Hot Chips: A Symposium on High Performance Chips |date=2018 |url=https://old.hotchips.org/hc31/HC31_T1_AWS_Nitro_Hot_Chips_20190818-2.pdf |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> Following on from Nitro, Annapurna developed general-purpose CPUs under the [[AWS Graviton|Graviton]] family and machine-learning ASICs under the Trainium and Inferentia brands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tarasov |first1=Katie |title=How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/12/amazon-is-racing-to-catch-up-in-generative-ai-with-custom-aws-chips.html |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=CNBC |date=12 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
The first product launched under the AWS umbrella was the AWS Nitro hardware and supporting hypervisor in November 2017.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Liguori |first1=A |title=The Nitro Project–Next Generation AWS Infrastructure |journal=Hot Chips: A Symposium on High Performance Chips |date=2018 |url=https://old.hotchips.org/hc31/HC31_T1_AWS_Nitro_Hot_Chips_20190818-2.pdf |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> Following on from Nitro, Annapurna developed general-purpose CPUs under the [[AWS Graviton|Graviton]] family and machine-learning [[ASIC]]s under the Trainium and Inferentia brands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tarasov |first1=Katie |title=How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/12/amazon-is-racing-to-catch-up-in-generative-ai-with-custom-aws-chips.html |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=CNBC |date=12 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bass |first=Dina |date=2023-02-21 |title=Amazon's Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face as AI Deals Heat Up |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/amazon-s-aws-joins-with-ai-startup-hugging-face-as-chatgpt-competition-heats-up |work=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nellis |first=Stephen |date=2023-02-21 |title=Amazon Web Services pairs with Hugging Face to target AI developers |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-web-services-pairs-with-hugging-face-target-ai-developers-2023-02-21/ |work=Reuters}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.annapurnalabs.com/ Official web site]
* [https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/take-a-look-inside-the-lab-where-aws-makes-custom-chips Official web site]


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Revision as of 12:34, 18 April 2024

Annapurna Labs is an Israeli microelectronics company. Since January 2015 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com. Amazon reportedly acquired the company for its Amazon Web Services division for US$350–370M.[1][2]

History

Annapurna Labs, named after the Annapurna Massif in the Himalayas, was co-founded in 2011[3] by Bilic "Billy" Hrvoje, a Bosnian Jewish refugee, Nafea Bshara, an Arab Israeli citizen,[4][5] and Ronen Boneh with investments from the independent investors Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, Andy Bechtolsheim, the venture capital firm Walden International, Arm Holdings,[6] and TSMC. Board members include Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, and Lip-Bu Tan, the CEO of both Walden International and Cadence Design Systems.[7]

The first product launched under the AWS umbrella was the AWS Nitro hardware and supporting hypervisor in November 2017.[8] Following on from Nitro, Annapurna developed general-purpose CPUs under the Graviton family and machine-learning ASICs under the Trainium and Inferentia brands.[9][10][11]

See also

  • AWS Graviton - an ARM based CPU developed by Annapurna Labs for exclusive use by Amazon Web Services.

References

  1. ^ "Amazon to buy Israeli start-up Annapurna Labs". Reuters. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  2. ^ "Amazon buys secretive chip maker Annapurna Labs for $350 million". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  3. ^ Clark, Greg; Bensinger, Dan (2016-01-06). "Amazon Enters Semiconductor Business With Its Own Branded Chips". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ "Annapurna Labs: AWS' Secret Sauce". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  5. ^ Rebecca Kopans. "If you can dream it, you can do it" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  6. ^ Kristen Lisa. "AWS and ARM: Working together to re-invent the cloud". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  7. ^ "Semiconductors fueling Cloud!". semiwiki.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  8. ^ Liguori, A (2018). "The Nitro Project–Next Generation AWS Infrastructure" (PDF). Hot Chips: A Symposium on High Performance Chips. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ Tarasov, Katie (12 August 2023). "How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips". CNBC. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  10. ^ Bass, Dina (2023-02-21). "Amazon's Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face as AI Deals Heat Up". Bloomberg News.
  11. ^ Nellis, Stephen (2023-02-21). "Amazon Web Services pairs with Hugging Face to target AI developers". Reuters.

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