ADI buys Empower Semi for $1.5bn

“AI infrastructure is fundamentally reshaping how power must be delivered, with energy now the most persistent constraint to scaling next-generation systems,” says ADI CEO Vincent Roche.

He added that Empower helps customers redesign their power systems and “achieve the compute densities next-generation AI demands.”

Empower’s FinFast technology aims to reduce the energy footprint and TCO of datacentres via integrated voltage regulators which deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision and signal integrity required by AI processors.

Empower CEO ​Tim Phillips said: “Our technology enables ​the power density, speed and efficiency required by ‌AI ⁠processors to reach their full potential.” Phillips will oversee integrated voltage regulator development within ADI.

Last September Empower raised $140 million in a Series D funding round.

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