On April 27, NVIDIA announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (Merox Technology Co., Ltd.), with a transaction price of US $ 7 billion.

The acquisition was first announced on March 11, 2019. The two leading global high-performance and data center computing companies united to combine NVIDIA ’s leading computing expertise with Mellanox ’s high-performance networking technology to enable customers to achieve higher performance , Higher utilization of computing resources and lower operating costs.

"The widespread use of artificial intelligence and data science is reshaping the computing and data center architecture," said NVIDIA founder and CEO Huang Renxun. "By integrating Mellanox ’s technology, the new NVIDIA will have end-to-end technology from artificial intelligence computing to the network, and full-stack products from processors to software, with sufficient scale to advance the next generation of data center technology. Our Comprehensive expertise, supported by a rich partner ecosystem, will meet the challenges of the surge in global consumer Internet service demand, as well as the application of artificial intelligence and accelerated data science from cloud computing to the edge to robotics. "

Eyal Waldman, founder and CEO of Mellanox, said: "This is a strong combination of culture, technology and ideals. Our employees are passionate about many opportunities for the future. As Mellanox enters an exciting new chapter, we will continue Customers and partners provide cutting-edge solutions and innovative products. We look forward to introducing NVIDIA products and solutions to our market, and Mellanox products and solutions to the NVIDIA market. In short, our technology will be used for computing and storage platforms. Need to provide leading solutions. "

The acquisition is expected to immediately increase NVIDIA ’s non-GAAP gross profit margin, non-GAAP earnings per share, and free cash flow, including incremental interest payments related to NVIDIA ’s recently issued $ 5 billion bond.