Google has acquired Agnilux, a stealth startup founded by former Apple employees reportedly working on new server technology.
The company was founded by a group of engineers from P.A. Semi, which was acquired by Apple in April 2008 for $278 million. Their technology is what powers the Apple iPad's A4 microprocessor.
After the acquisition, several employees left Apple to found Agnilux, including Amarjit Gill, the former executive vice president of sales and business development for P.A. Semi. Very little is known about the startup, with a recent report from NYT's Bits Blog uncovering only that it's working on some type of server and that it has a partnership with Cisco.
A Google spokesperson told us, "We’re pleased to welcome the Agnilux team to Google, but we don’t have any additional information to share right now."
Google could be using Agnilux to upgrade or enhance its server technology. The search giant owns hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of servers to power the world's search queries. Any improvement in efficiency would be a boon to Google's bottom line.
The acquisition was first reported by peHUB. Agnilux's website has been down since the report.