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Google Acquires Chip Maker Startup Agnilux

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-up-with-the-jobses dept.

bobwrit points out a story at PC Magazine, from which he extracts "Google has purchased Agnilux, a secretive chip house made up of engineers who architected the heart of the iPad, then left the company. Reuters' PEHub reported the story Tuesday night. A Google spokesman also confirmed the acquisition to PCMag.com. 'We're pleased to welcome the Agnilux team to Google, but we don't have any additional information to share right now,' a Google spokesman said Tuesday night via email."

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  1. Re:"architected"? by wonkavader · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about...

    "The firm's enormous security guard reacted quickly to the arrival of Carlos the Jackal. Reaching for the closest blunt instrument at hand, the guard picked up I. M. Pei and architected the terrorist to death."

  2. I worry about robots by jwhitener · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that Google is getting into hardware, it's only a matter of before we see:

        The Google Search (and destroy) Robot. ;)

    1. Re:I worry about robots by Nadaka · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its ok, all you have to do is tattoo the following on your forehead and they won't bother you:

      User-agent: *
      Disallow: /