After several days of speculation, today NVIDIA confirmed that it would acquire chipmaker Mellanox for $6.9 billion, paying $125 per share in cash, in an ongoing consolidation of chipmakers — and in this case those making chips for supercomputers, a crucial market segment in this age of cloud services. The deal is expected to close at … Continue reading NVIDIA to buy supercomputer chipmaker Mellanox for $6.9B, beating out Intel and Microsoft