Nvidia is reportedly in 'advanced talks' to buy ARM for more than $32 billion
SoftBank has been rumored to be exploring a sale of ARM — the British chip designer that powers nearly every major mobile processor from companies like Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, and Huawei — and now, it might have found a buyer. Nvidia is reportedly in "advanced talks" to buy ARM in a deal worth over $32 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Nvidia is said to be the only company that's involved in concrete discussions with SoftBank for the purchase at this time, and a deal could arrive "in the next few weeks," although nothing is finalized yet. If the deal does go through, it would be one of the largest deals ever in the computer chip business and would likely draw intense regulatory scrutiny.
Previously:
(2020-07-12) Apple Has Built its Own Mac Graphics Processors
(2020-07-11) Nvidia's Market Cap Rises Above Intel's
(2020-06-11) ARM Faces a Boardroom Revolt as it Seeks to Remove the CEO of Its Chinese Joint Venture
(2019-10-29) Fed Up Of Playing Whac-A-Mole With Network Of Softbank-Owned Patent Holders, Intel Goes To Court
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:30PM (1 child)
That's right. Many years ago we wanted to add a small amount of logic to the ARM design to help us meet requirements for certain market segments. ARM said sure you can do that but you'll need a different sort of license that will cost you 10x more money.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:38PM
Arm reveals new licensing strategy as RISC-V makes waves [soylentnews.org]
Arm Eases Upfront Licensing Fees to Head Off RISC-V [electronicdesign.com]
Arm Responds to RISC-V, and More [eetimes.com]
Why ARM opened up its instruction set and what it means for IoT [staceyoniot.com]
RISC-V is providing a credible threat to ARM that will keep them from price gouging as much.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]