Google on Wednesday announced it has acquired DrawElements, a Finland-based startup specialising in 3D graphics. Although financial terms of the deal were kept undisclosed, it is expected that the deal could cost Google over $10 million.
Founded in 2008, the Helsinki-based drawElements developed technology that lets developers undergo a graphics test to ensure their software is compatible with Google’s Android operating system.
The company tests the parameters of different GPUs, including their implementation, stability and correctness. Its signature product, dEQP, is a toolkit for benchmarking the accuracy, precision and stability of OpenGL ES and OpenCL GPUs.
Google is likely to fold the team into its suite of services that developers use to optimise and enhance their products for Android. The latest acquisition comes in time when the search engine giant is looking out to bring in fresh talent and features to boost its businesses.
DrawElements announced the acquisition deal on its website saying that the company is quite excited to join Google and that in the coming few months, it will be working with the Android team colleagues to incorporate some of its technology into the compatibility test suite.
As part of the deal, DrawElements’ management team will reportedly move to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., while the remaining members of the team will stay back in Finland.
Google is yet to make an official announcement of the deal. Some of the other major acquisition deals made by Google this year includes purchase of thermostat maker Nest Labs Inc. for $3.2 billion and satellite company Skybox Imaging for $500 million.
