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An article on the Agnilux acquisition of 2010

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/21/google-buys-agnilux-eyeing-processors/

Angilux is rumored to make super efficient processors for servers, which fits nicely into Google's massive data center business. Building chips for its own internal servers seems like a likely first step for Google's new Agnilux business.


Then Bloomberg quotes a Google spokesperson
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-13/intel-seen-threatened-as-google-mulls-own-server-chips.html?cmpid=yhoo

“We are actively engaged in designing the world’s best infrastructure,” said Liz Markman, a spokeswoman for Google, in an e-mail. “This includes both hardware design (at all levels) and software design.” Markman declined to say whether the company may develop its own chips.