Arm's lawyers want to check assembly expert's book for trademark missteps IPO-hungry chip biz promises to donate copies to universities – may also demand a reprint Software12 Sep 2023 | 50
It's official! Arm files for IPO on Nasdaq Paperwork confirms parent paid $16B for 25% stake held by Vision Fund On-Prem21 Aug 2023 | 9
Softbank snaps up Vision Fund's stake in Arm ahead of IPO Brit chip ship's sales may or may not be quite as rosy as hoped, judging from draft paperwork Systems18 Aug 2023 | 11
Apple, Samsung, and Intel to invest in Arm IPO, and emerge with some control: report SoftBank CFO says news of float is imminent, suggests firm will keep a solid chunk On-Prem09 Aug 2023 | 19
Nvidia's Arm wrestle – from failed acquisition to possibly anchoring IPO Fancy seeing you here Systems12 Jul 2023 | 4
Intel approached to take on key investor role in Arm IPO Talks at an early stage but the companies already work together Systems14 Jun 2023 | 6
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