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Originally, yes: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/09/google_processor/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/09/google_processor/

• monocasa 9y ago
  There's no real sources there that say that Google has custom LANai silicon. And, from what I've seen when the register writes about subjects that I actually have signed the NDA for, they just blatantly make shit up, knowing that no one is going to break their NDA just to correct them. AFAICT, Google was just given firmware access to Myricom's chips, and wrote an LLVM backend.
  • X86BSD 9y ago
    Your explanation seems far more plausible to me.
  • puzzle 9y ago
    There are quite a few ex-Myricom people at Google, including two of the founders. One of which was also CEO: Nan Boden's bio mentions joining Google via acquisition. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nan-boden https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nan-boden
    • monocasa 9y ago
      So? Google didn't acquire Myricom, CSPi did.
      • puzzle 9y ago
        The exodus to Google (including the CEO and CTO), which Nan Boden's bio itself describes as an acquisition, happened months before the sale to CSPi. Draw your own conclusions.
        • monocasa 9y ago
          Boden heads in a division getting businesses to use Google services, not internal infrastructure or hardware.