US-based technology company Oracle has acquired a 10.2% stake in Nasdaq-listed connectivity company Mellanox.
Mellanox produces switch fabric for data centres and high performance computing.
Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said: "InfiniBand is by far the fastest and most efficient switch fabric for running enterprise data centers. Mellanox has been instrumental in maintaining InfiniBand’s immense competitive lead over Ethernet. We are a big supporter of the company and this investment based upon our belief in the InfiniBand technology and in the Mellanox management team."