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posted by martyb on Sunday August 02 2020, @11:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the big-money-in-tiny-chips dept.

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.

Also at Guru3D and Wccftech.

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


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:30PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:30PM (#1030296)

    Of course not, they could license like Xilinx does... but... control brings benefits, one of them being unlimited negotiating power.

    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.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:38PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday August 02 2020, @03:38PM (#1030306) Journal

    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]

    ARM’s decision to open up its instruction set will allow companies to take advantage of the huge network of software support for ARM while also embedding dedicated math into the instruction set for their specific use case. Alessandro Piovaccari, the CTO at Silicon Labs, says this level of software support is important, and that Silicon Labs has several ways it can take advantage of the customization.

    RISC-V is providing a credible threat to ARM that will keep them from price gouging as much.

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