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Annapurna

American  
[an-uh-poor-nuh, -pur-] / ˌæn əˈpʊər nə, -ˈpɜr- /
Or Anapurna

noun

  1. Hinduism. Devi.

  2. a mountain in northern Nepal, in the Himalayas. 26,503 feet (8,078 meters).


Annapurna British  
/ ˌænəˈpʊənə /

noun

  1. a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)

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Even though Trainium 3 is only a few months old, Annapurna is already designing a new generation of the chip.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

AWS acquired Israeli startup Annapurna Labs in 2015 and began designing chips to power AWS’s data-center servers, including network security chips, central processing units, and later its AI processor series, known as Inferentia and Trainium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Adams, who is also a producer on “Nightbitch,” felt deeply connected to the book, the movie rights to which Annapurna Pictures secured in a competitive auction months before it was published.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Above, Nima at the Mount Annapurna base camp in March.

From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 24, 2024

In 1984, during an expedition to Nepal’s Annapurna massif, he’d picked up a gastrointestinal parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, which he was unable to entirely purge from his body over the years that followed.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer