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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:Maybe Google feels theatened by Apple by Nadaka · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Google has had their hands in some aspects of hardware for a while now. They have their own custom designed server motherboards.

  2. One Word by codepunk · · Score: 4, Interesting

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