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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]

References

^ "Amazon to buy Israeli start-up Annapurna Labs". Reuters. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
^ "Amazon buys secretive chip maker Annapurna Labs for $350 million". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
^ Clark, Greg; Bensinger, Dan (2016-01-06). "Amazon Enters Semiconductor Business With Its Own Branded Chips". The Wall Street Journal.
^ "Annapurna Labs: AWS' Secret Sauce". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
^ 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.
^ Kristen Lisa. "AWS and ARM: Working together to re-invent the cloud". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
^ "Semiconductors fueling Cloud!". semiwiki.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Bass, Dina (2023-02-21). "Amazon's Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face as AI Deals Heat Up". Bloomberg News.
^ Nellis, Stephen (2023-02-21). "Amazon Web Services pairs with Hugging Face to target AI developers". Reuters.

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[reut_Amaz-1] "Amazon to buy Israeli start-up Annapurna Labs". Reuters. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-24.

[extr_Amaz-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.

[semi_Semi-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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+==History==
-Annapurna Labs, named after an [[Himalaya|Himalayan]] peak [[Annapurna Massif]], was co-founded by Bilic "Billy" Hrvoje, a Bosnian [[Jewish]] [[Yugoslav_Wars#Internally_displaced_and_refugees|refugee]], and Nafea Bshara, a [[Christian 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> with investments from independent investors Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, [[Andy Bechtolsheim]],  [[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 other [[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
 | title = Semiconductors fueling Cloud!
 | work = semiwiki.com
 | access-date = 2015-01-24
 | url = https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/f2/semiconductors-fueling-cloud-5383.html
+| archive-date = 2016-03-03
+| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222338/https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/f2/semiconductors-fueling-cloud-5383.html
+| url-status = dead
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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 [[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>
-== Products ==
-=== AL212 ===
+== See also ==
+* [[AWS Graviton]] - an ARM based CPU developed by Annapurna Labs for exclusive use by Amazon Web Services.
-CPU: 2x ARM Cortex-A15<ref name="annapurna labs on wikidev">{{Cite web|title=Annapurna Labs on Wikidev|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002210209/https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Annapurna_Labs|archive-date=2019-10-02|url=https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Annapurna_Labs}}</ref>
-=== AL314 ===
-CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15<ref name="annapurna labs on wikidev"/>
-=== AL324 ===
-CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A57<ref name="annapurna labs on wikidev"/>
-=== AL514 ===
-CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15<ref name="annapurna labs on wikidev"/>
-=== AL5140 ===
-It features:
-* CPU: 4x [[ARM Cortex-A15]] @ up to 1.7 GHz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/9107/gigabyte-server-releases-arm-solutions-using-appliedmicro-and-annapurna-labs-socs|title=GIGABYTE Server Releases ARM Solutions using AppliedMicro and Annapurna Labs SoCs|last=Cutress|first=Ian|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
-* Memory: Up to 8GB
-* Network Bandwidth: Up to 7.5 Gbit/s
-=== AL21400 ===
-It features:
-* CPU: 4x [[ARM Cortex-A15]] @ up to 2.0 GHz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roc-noc.com/mikrotik/routerboard/RB1100AHx4.html|title=Mikrotik RouterBoard RB1100AHx4 RB1100AHx4 complete Extreme Performance Router with 13-10/100/1000 ethernet ports and RouterOS Level 6 license - New! :: Mikrotik Rack Mount Routers :: ICD Group, Inc|website=www.roc-noc.com|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
-* Memory: Up to 8GB
-* Network Bandwidth: Up to 7.5 Gbit/s
-=== AWS Graviton (AL73400) ===
-The AWS Graviton (AL73400) was announced in November 2018 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2018. It features:
-* CPU: 16x [[ARM Cortex-A72]] @ up to 2.3 GHz
-* Memory: Up to 32GB
-* Network Bandwidth: Up to 10 Gbit/s
-* EBS Bandwidth: Up to 3.5 Gbit/s
-* AWS Deployment: Amazon EC2 A1 instances<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/a1/|title=Amazon EC2 A1 Instances|website=Amazon Web Services, Inc.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
-=== AWS Graviton2 ===
-The AWS Graviton2 was announced in December 2019 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2019. It features:
-*CPU: 64x [[Arm Neoverse N1]] @ up to 2.5 GHz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15578/cloud-clash-amazon-graviton2-arm-against-intel-and-amd|title=Amazon's Arm-based Graviton2 Against AMD and Intel: Comparing Cloud Compute|last=Frumusanu|first=Andrei|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref>
-* Memory: Up to 512GB
-* Enhanced Network Bandwidth: Up to 25 Gbit/s
-*EBS Bandwidth: Up to 18.5 Gbit/s
-* AWS Deployment: Amazon EC2 M6g, R6g C6g and T4g instances<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15189/amazon-announces-graviton2-soc-along-with-new-aws-instances-64core-arm-with-large-performance-uplifts|title=Amazon Announces Graviton2 SoC Along With New AWS Instances: 64-Core Arm With Large Performance Uplifts|last=Frumusanu|first=Andrei|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
-=== AWS Inferentia ===
-The AWS Inferentia was announced in December 2018 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2018. It features:
-* Inference-optimized machine learning
-* Neuron SDK, integrated with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MxNET
-* Available in EC2 Inf1 instances
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-* [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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