SoftBank confirms $32B acquisition of chipmaker ARM to target Internet of Things

kakarot 10y ago ↗

Hopefully they remain true to their word about keeping ARM independent. Their licensing strategy has worked pretty well so far.

I find it odd when it is the _acquiring_ company that you have never heard of.

Edit: Apparently big in Japan.

runj__ 10y ago ↗

Hey, I've even seen one of those!

+1 thanks for the link! I feel much better about the acquisition now.

[dead] Borogravia 10y ago ↗

At first I was all "tee hee, Japanese commercials are so goofy" and then Tommy Lee Jones showed up. What.

mdesq 10y ago ↗

They basically merged with (took a controlling interest in?) Sprint a few years ago. That's when I found out who they were.

chiph 10y ago ↗

They've been around since the days that programs were distributed on floppies as shareware.

hitr 10y ago ↗

other than an ownership change, this should not bring much of change to the market or ARM dependant companies,shouldnt it? .

If it was any other company like Intel or Samsung, things would have been different. I see that even Intel is developing chips based on ARM http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-arm-processors-...

SoftBank confirms $32B acquisition of chipmaker ARM to target Internet of Things (venturebeat.com)