Microsoft snaps up Fungible for Azure cloud and data center boost

Date:
Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:15:10 +0000

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Microsoft confirms Fungible deal with hopes to bring its DPU tech to Azure.

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Microsoft has confirmed the acquisition of Fungible in the latest
high-powered deal to boost its Azure cloud computing platform.

Following December 2022 reports of a potential deal, and earlier suggestions of a failed Meta takeover, Microsoft has now confirmed its acquisition of the company in a move that will see it obtain the companys high-efficiency, low-power data processing units (DPUs).

In a statement on its website , Fungible explains that its DPUs were created in 2016 in response to the inefficient execution of data-centric computations within server nodes, and that it is proud to now be a part of Microsoft,
which it says shares its vision. Microsoft buys Fungible and its DPUs

Girish Bablani, Azure Core Corporate VP, detailed that Fungibles technologies help enable high-performance, scalable, disaggregated, scaled-out datacenter infrastructure with reliability and security.

Todays announcement further signals Microsofts commitment to long-term differentiated investments in our datacenter infrastructure, which enhances our broad range of technologies and offerings including offloading, improving latency, increasing datacenter server density, optimizing energy efficiency and reducing costs," he added. Read more

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Fungible isnt alone in the market, though, and faces stiff competition from several other tech giants including Nvidia and Intel. Microsofts acquisition will hopefully give it the backing it needs as it continues to develop DPUs
to be used by Azures cloud services.

This could come as a welcome boost to a relatively small company that has previously struggled, as The Register reports: Fungibles storage hardware has made it onto VMwares hardware compatibility list, its DPUs have not.

Microsofts exact plans for the company remain to be seen, and whether it adopts, redesigns, or totally shuts down Fungible, chances are we will never be told.

For now, Bablani says that the Fungible team will join Microsofts datacenter infrastructure engineering teams and will focus on delivering multiple DPU solutions, network innovation and hardware systems advancements. Weve highlighted the best cloud storage and best cloud backup tools



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