STMicroelectronics NV (STM.US) saw a notable rise in its stock price on Monday, climbing nearly 8% to $32.195 at the time of reporting. The increase follows the announcement of a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar commercial agreement to expand the company's collaboration with Amazon.com (AMZN.US)'s cloud service division, AWS. The partnership aims to advance the development of cutting-edge semiconductor technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, STMicroelectronics will supply AWS with relevant semiconductor technology and products to support the latter's high-performance computing infrastructure for cloud computing and artificial intelligence data centers. The company stated that both parties will also leverage cloud computing power to optimize electronic design automation workloads, accelerating chip design and silicon development processes. This is expected to enhance research and development efficiency and shorten product time-to-market. As part of the collaboration, STMicroelectronics has issued warrants to AWS, allowing it to purchase up to 24.8 million ordinary shares at $28.38 per share over a seven-year exercise period.
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