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Arm files for IPO – and SoftBank will retain control

Japanese owner states float 'won’t have material impact,' suggesting small stake will be up for grabs

On-Prem01 May 2023 | 1

SoftBank taps Arm CEO Rene Haas for its board of directors

Ahead of planned IPO, parent company moves executive pawn into place

CxO27 Apr 2023 | 3

Arm liable for $8.5B SoftBank loan if IPO is a no-show

Chip designer has until September to float or it's on the hook for parent company's borrowing

Systems18 Apr 2023 | 15

5% of the cloud now runs on Arm as chip designer plans 2023 IPO

Growing indication power-sipping CPUs are catching on in crowded datacenters

Systems08 Feb 2023 | 9

Arm still strong despite SoftBank loss as shipments pass a quarter of a trillion

Meanwhile, parent company continues to bleed billions

Systems07 Feb 2023 | 8

Arm hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO

Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing

Systems01 Dec 2022 | 3

Softbank boss Masayoshi Son devotes himself to growing Arm for the next few years

Speech did not mention IPO, did say CEO's close involvement is good for humanity

On-Prem14 Nov 2022 | 4

Arm reports record royalties but total revenues slide

Licensing down 53% due to major one-off deals signed a year ago

Systems11 Nov 2022 | 3

Think Korean chipmakers will buy Arm? Think again

The UK chip designer is suing another firm that has an interest, so IPO it is?

Systems07 Nov 2022 | 6

Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization

Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain?

Personal Tech05 Oct 2022 | 10

Arm hires former Splunk CFO Jason Child ahead of IPO

Adds new heads to boardroom too but still not word on destination of flotation

On-Prem27 Sep 2022 |

Tongues wag that Softbank's Son may sell Arm to Samsung

Japanese super-tycoon to discuss 'stategic alliance' with electronics chaebol

Systems21 Sep 2022 | 27

SoftBank offloads part of Alibaba stake to raise much-needed cash

Invested $20 million in 2000 and will pocket $34 billion and keep a slice worth more than that – for now

Off-Prem11 Aug 2022 | 9

Arm still jewel in crown as parent SoftBank nurses record $23.5b hit

Stock market losses lead to write-downs at Vision Fund, but chip designer IPO a ray of light

Systems08 Aug 2022 | 11

SoftBank reportedly moves London IPO out of Arm's reach

Tory turmoil turns off tycoon's Tokyo tech titan theoretically temporarily

On-Prem19 Jul 2022 | 22

Arm most likely to list on the Nasdaq, says SoftBank CEO

Hopes of securing London listing for UK chip designer may be in vain

Systems24 Jun 2022 | 6

Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China

Chinese joint venture's ousted CEO tries to hang on - who will get control?

Legal20 May 2022 | 14

SoftBank to stop investing 'randomly' after losing billions of dollars

If your stock or crypto-coin holdings look like crap today, this might help you feel better

On-Prem12 May 2022 | 8

Arm China CEO refuses to go despite SoftBank taking control

Middle Kingdom subsidiary claims Allen Wu refusing to 'hand over his management duties'

Systems05 May 2022 | 33

Arm China website posts letter from staff opposing change of management

SoftBank may control the company, but it seems not to have all the important passwords

Legal03 May 2022 | 8

Arm wrests back control of its rogue China limb

Updated Ouster of rebel CEO should clear path for planned Arm IPO

Legal29 Apr 2022 | 4

SoftBank aims to keep control of Arm after IPO – report

Japanese owner may not believe it would get the valuation it has been seeking for a full sale

Personal Tech22 Apr 2022 | 14

Goldman Sachs reportedly set to head up $60bn Arm IPO

Owner SoftBank pursues valuation higher for the chip designer than Nvidia's initial offer

Systems25 Mar 2022 | 23

Arm to drop up to 15 percent of staff – about 1,000 people

Move along, nothing to see here, totally not slimming down ahead of IPO – or a second IPO in China

Systems15 Mar 2022 | 59

Nvidia reportedly prepares for un-Arm'd combat with rivals: $40bn takeover may be abandoned

Softbank, meanwhile, remains 'hopeful' it can offload Brit chip designer

On-Prem25 Jan 2022 | 9

Japan, Singapore, perhaps the whole world.... Get ready for robot waiters from Softbank and Keenon

Automation is the answer to labor shortages, social distancing, apparently

Personal Tech22 Sep 2021 | 25

Fortunate Son: Softbank chief took 50 per cent pay cut in 2020, but that's not the worst of his worries

He remains fabulously wealthy, for now

SaaS27 May 2021 | 5

SoftBank likens itself to a goose laying 'golden eggs' as Vision Fund boasts best results since 2017

What would that make WeWork then?

AI + ML08 Feb 2021 | 4

Megabucks in funding, 28 years of research, and Boston Dynamics is to be 'sold to Hyundai' for 1/40th of an Arm

So what does that make it, a leg? A toe?

Science10 Dec 2020 | 15

Keeping them for a rainy day? Arm decides against spinning off cloudy IoT businesses to parent Softbank – report

Right as the Japanese mega-corp seeks to flog the Brit CPU design house

Edge + IoT26 Aug 2020 | 1

Brit software biz Aveva stumps up $5bn for OSIsoft as Softbank cashes out

It’s all about big industry and automation – and the money, of course

Software25 Aug 2020 |

They're 'clean': SoftBank gets thumbs-up from Uncle Sam for keeping Chinese gear off its Japanese 5G network

Seal of approval handed out for supply chain security in various tech sectors

Networks20 Aug 2020 | 16

Softbank confirms talks to offload Arm as it posts rebound profit

Might float chip-designer, sell it all or sell chunks. Whatever happens, server CPU sales are the upside

On-Prem12 Aug 2020 | 23

Nvidia may be mulling lopping Arm off Softbank: GPU goliath said to have shown interest in acquiring CPU design house

Well, when the chips are down...

Science22 Jul 2020 | 59

SoftBank: Oi, we paid $32bn for you, when are you going to strong-Arm some more money out of your customers?

Failing mega-group discovers again it didn't buy the right biz

Edge + IoT16 Jul 2020 | 72

Four years after swallowing Arm Holdings, SoftBank said to be mulling Brit chip biz sale

Insider suggests company doesn't charge enough in royalties to satisfy Japanese giant

Edge + IoT14 Jul 2020 | 48

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son stops shining on Alibaba's board

'My work here is done, but my day job just got complicated' is the gist of it

On-Prem25 Jun 2020 |

SoftBank to hang up on T-Mobile stake to shore up its balance sheet

What's a flailing investor to do?

Networks17 Jun 2020 | 1

Alibaba's Jack Ma bails from SoftBank's board

Japanese Uber-investor refreshing board as Ma heads off to do good works

On-Prem18 May 2020 | 3

Second-wave dotcom Uber-investor Softbank forecasts gargantuan losses as world economy faces slump

Oh it can't be that baaa.... $16.7 BEEELLION?!

On-Prem14 Apr 2020 | 23

We(don't)Work: Rent-a-desk outfit cuts 2,400 staff in bid to be a functioning business

About 20% of employees worldwide look for new jobs

Science21 Nov 2019 | 50

Fed up of playing Whac-A-Mole with network of SoftBank-owned patent holders, Intel hits court

Chipzilla invokes Sherman and Clayton Acts in attempt to have contracts declared void

On-Prem23 Oct 2019 | 32

Google hands out roses to preferred Android MDM vendors

Lucky few get Chocolate Factory's endorsement as Enterprise Mobility Management

Software15 Jan 2019 | 6

Our processor tech's got legs, says Arm: 'One million' data center servers will ship in 2018

Analysis By servers, it means boxes that do networking, storage, security

Systems17 Oct 2018 | 3

SoftBank sells off more than half of Arm China for a bargain $775.2m

Chinese investors welcome chip designs with open Arms

On-Prem06 Jun 2018 | 11

Cash-sprinkler Softbank and Alphabet hand over $1.9bn to Manbang

It's about truckers

Science24 Apr 2018 | 16

Not a shaggy dog story: Software-defined storage inside $300m Softbank pet project

'Uber for dogwalkers' app apparently a thing...

Storage18 Apr 2018 | 3

Storage uber alles: SoftBank chucks $20 mill into Nexenta's hat

Which pie *doesn't* Japanese corp have a finger in?

Storage28 Nov 2017 |

Softbank gets Uber A-OK for $9bn investment cash splurge

And ex-CEO Kalanick will be praying it goes through

On-Prem13 Nov 2017 | 9

Corporate IMer Slack pockets $250m from SoftBank and pals – report

Reports throw cold water on Amazon buyout rumours

On-Prem27 Jul 2017 |

FCC: LEO ISPs A-OK

OneWeb gets green light to pipe internet through 720 orbiting satellites

Networks23 Jun 2017 | 17

Cybereason snags $100m from Softbank to mount distribution, tech offensive

'This deal is the coming of age of the offensive security model'

Security21 Jun 2017 | 3

Alphabet offloads bot businesses Boston Dynamics and SCHAFT

Who's the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about? SoftBank. Damn right

On-Prem09 Jun 2017 | 8

SoftBank-Saudi fund raises world's biggest tech pot at $93bn

AI, robotics fund definitely won't trigger the singularity *twitch*

On-Prem22 May 2017 | 11

Softbank tears off chunk of ARM, feeds it to hungry Saudis

A quarter of prime British chip goodness will fall under Middle Eastern ownership

Legal08 Mar 2017 | 13

Look who's bailed out internet-satellite provider Intelsat? It's... Softbank?

Comment Plans to chuck more cash once it's merged up with OneWeb

Networks07 Mar 2017 | 12