To meet growth in enterprise and cloud scale-out workloads.

ConnectX-6 Lx, the 11^th generation product in the ConnectX family, is designed to meet the needs of modern data centers, where 25Gb/s connections are becoming standard for handling demanding workflows, such as enterprise applications, AI and real-time analytics.

Will cost more than $7 billion

The graphics card maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon is close to buying Mellanox Technologies for more than $7 billion in cash.

Paying a lot more than the value

Chipzilla has bid $5.5-$6 billion in cash and stock to buy Israel’s Mellanox Technologies.

Deal moving ahead

Xilinx has hired Barclays to advise on a bid to buy Mellanox Technologies after approaching the smaller chipmaker with an offer.

Two buyers are interested

Chipmaker Mellanox has hired a financial adviser to explore a sale after receiving takeover interest from at least two companies.