Intel Acquires Whamcloud

Announced July 13, 2012

What happened

An open-source parallel file system (Lustre) company.

Intel's acquisition history

63rd of 105 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

37 of 105 Intel deals

Intel's average disclosed price

$1.48B

Intel's largest disclosed deal

Altera ($16.70B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2012

90 across all acquirers

Intel in Open-source parallel file systems

1 acquisition

When did Intel acquire Whamcloud?

Intel acquired Whamcloud on July 13, 2012. This was Intel's 63rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 105 we have on record.

How much did Intel pay for Whamcloud?

The price Intel paid for Whamcloud was not publicly disclosed. Only 37 of Intel's 105 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Whamcloud do?

An open-source parallel file system (Lustre) company.

What other Open-source parallel file systems companies has Intel acquired?

Whamcloud is Intel's only publicly tracked acquisition in Open-source parallel file systems so far.