Amazon is expanding the products it makes and sells under its own brand with a foray into chips for computers and gadgets, adding to a portfolio of products that includes baby wipes, USB cables and batteries.
Annapurna Labs, a subsidiary of the Web retailer, announced Wednesday that it has developed a line of chips called Alpine to sell to manufacturers and data-center operators. The semiconductors are based on designs from ARM Holdings and can be used to create products that handle Wi-Fi, stream video, run data centers, or be embedded in small, low-cost Internet of Things devices, the company said.
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