SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday it will acquire U.S. semiconductor design company Ampere Computing Holdings LLC for $6.5 billion a

By Stephen Nellis and Anton Bridge SANTA CLARA, California/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the $6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing,

SANTA CLARA, California/TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the $6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing, a U.S. chip startup founded by the former president of Intel.