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Pensando

Milpitas, US · founded 2017
L2 · Silicon, Memory & Packaging
networking siliconstartupprivateseries C+acquired

Pensando developed programmable packet processors and DPUs used to offload networking and security tasks in data centers. AMD acquired it to expand beyond CPUs and GPUs into infrastructure silicon.

Ecosystem functionPensando filled the smart-NIC and DPU layer around AI clusters, and it stood out by tightly combining hardware and cloud-style infrastructure software.

Business modelDPU hardware and software

Revenue—
Valuation$1.9Breported
Last round$1.9Bled by AMD · 2022
Sources · 3 ↓
  1. https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1057/amd-expands-data-center-solutions-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-pensando
  2. https://www.amd.com/en/products/pensando.html
  3. https://www.servethehome.com/amd-acquires-pensando-for-its-dpu-future-intel-ipu-nvidia-bluefield-marvell-octeon-fungible/
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