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ARM to be bought by Japan's Softbank
There's another massive take-over in technology land. It appears ARM has been purchased by softbank. UK technology firm ARM Holdings is to be bought by Japan's Softbank for $32bn it confirmed on Monday.
The board of ARM is expected to recommend shareholders accept the offer - which is around a 43% premium on its closing market value of £16.8bn on Friday.
The Cambridge-based firm designs microchips used in most smartphones, including Apple's and Samsung's. ARM, which was founded in 1990, employs more than 3,000 people. Shares in the UK technology firm surged by 45% at the open of the London Stock Exchange to 1,742.85p per share, adding £7.56bn to ARM's market value. ARM said it would keep its headquarters in Cambridge and that it would at least double the number of its staff over the next five years.
Softbank is one of the world's biggest technology companies and is run by its founder, Japanese entrepreneur Masayoshi Son.
It has previously acquired Vodafone's Japanese operations and the US telecoms company Sprint. The $20bn deal was the biggest foreign acquisition by a Japanese firm at the time. The new deal will be funded by Softbank's own cash reserves and a long term loan from Japan's Mizuho Bank.
It's hard to exaggerate just how important ARM is to the UK tech sector - and the shock many are feeling this morning at the news that it is about to lose its independence.
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#5308149 Posted on: 07/18/2016 07:32 PM
ARM designed for decades low power device .ARM is the best implementation of RISC arhitecture and is worldwide available , not only in your Iphone , but in automotive , Navigation , GPS ,aeronautics , etc.... all are made by different types of ARM processor.
Is a big hit for UK ... and now they can really feel the effects of BREXIT
ARM designed for decades low power device .ARM is the best implementation of RISC arhitecture and is worldwide available , not only in your Iphone , but in automotive , Navigation , GPS ,aeronautics , etc.... all are made by different types of ARM processor.
Is a big hit for UK ... and now they can really feel the effects of BREXIT
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#5308172 Posted on: 07/18/2016 07:56 PM
Am I the only one, who doesn't like ARM?
As such I am more than OK with them being sold, bought, killed off or whatever.
I do realize, their tech is powering our smartphones, but for me it is a bogus, the world would have been better had it gone with different tech.
when you go to versatile, low power need, high chip power... nothing can be compared to ARM
Even Intel have try to get close and have fail despite all it's money power.
For me it is OK, it's not good for UK but it look really good for the company... let's see what will born from that
Am I the only one, who doesn't like ARM?
As such I am more than OK with them being sold, bought, killed off or whatever.
I do realize, their tech is powering our smartphones, but for me it is a bogus, the world would have been better had it gone with different tech.
when you go to versatile, low power need, high chip power... nothing can be compared to ARM
Even Intel have try to get close and have fail despite all it's money power.
For me it is OK, it's not good for UK but it look really good for the company... let's see what will born from that
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#5308173 Posted on: 07/18/2016 07:58 PM
lol i know what you might voted
Is a big hit for UK ... and now they can really feel the effects of BREXIT
lol i know what you might voted
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#5308227 Posted on: 07/18/2016 09:50 PM
Considering they wanted ARM before the Brexit, Softbank want ARM to remain in the UK and create more jobs, but hey that's a bad thing right?
Just like Cadburys, when they got bought out and the Americans moved the jobs to Poland and that was BEFORE any EU vote.
Considering they wanted ARM before the Brexit, Softbank want ARM to remain in the UK and create more jobs, but hey that's a bad thing right?
Just like Cadburys, when they got bought out and the Americans moved the jobs to Poland and that was BEFORE any EU vote.
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#5308239 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:10 PM
That deal is shady. Paying 43% premium(as reported at least) over closing market value, only shady things are the reason for it.
Tinfoil hat on: Like implementing microcode, backdoors, inside ARM processors, software etc etc.
And we are not talking premium as in a couple mil here. We are talking 11 DIGIT numbers.
Tinfoil hat off: I hope UK at least benefits in some way or another from it.
That deal is shady. Paying 43% premium(as reported at least) over closing market value, only shady things are the reason for it.
Tinfoil hat on: Like implementing microcode, backdoors, inside ARM processors, software etc etc.
And we are not talking premium as in a couple mil here. We are talking 11 DIGIT numbers.
Tinfoil hat off: I hope UK at least benefits in some way or another from it.
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#5308251 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:25 PM
Another company sold-off. Doesn't surprise me tbh. Brexit has nothing to do with this one, it's more pre-Brexit than post Brexit despite the deal being sealed on Brexit side.
Another company sold-off. Doesn't surprise me tbh. Brexit has nothing to do with this one, it's more pre-Brexit than post Brexit despite the deal being sealed on Brexit side.
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#5308262 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:32 PM
That deal is shady. Paying 43% premium(as reported at least) over closing market value, only shady things are the reason for it.
Tinfoil hat on: Like implementing microcode, backdoors, inside ARM processors, software etc etc.
And we are not talking premium as in a couple mil here. We are talking 8 DIGIT numbers.
Tinfoil hat off: I hope UK at least benefits in some way or another from it.
It's Japan ... the worst thing a backdoor could do is our devices being secret transformers or something
That deal is shady. Paying 43% premium(as reported at least) over closing market value, only shady things are the reason for it.
Tinfoil hat on: Like implementing microcode, backdoors, inside ARM processors, software etc etc.
And we are not talking premium as in a couple mil here. We are talking 8 DIGIT numbers.
Tinfoil hat off: I hope UK at least benefits in some way or another from it.
It's Japan ... the worst thing a backdoor could do is our devices being secret transformers or something
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#5308267 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:39 PM
Considering they wanted ARM before the Brexit, Softbank want ARM to remain in the UK and create more jobs, but hey that's a bad thing right?
Just like Cadburys, when they got bought out and the Americans moved the jobs to Poland and that was BEFORE any EU vote.
Just wait few months,if they want to ARM to remain in the UK,for now they will as you are pointed out with Cardbury moving the jobs from UK to Poland or France etc
Thanks,Jura
Considering they wanted ARM before the Brexit, Softbank want ARM to remain in the UK and create more jobs, but hey that's a bad thing right?
Just like Cadburys, when they got bought out and the Americans moved the jobs to Poland and that was BEFORE any EU vote.
Just wait few months,if they want to ARM to remain in the UK,for now they will as you are pointed out with Cardbury moving the jobs from UK to Poland or France etc
Thanks,Jura
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#5308268 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:47 PM
Just wait few months,if they want to ARM to remain in the UK,for now they will as you are pointed out with Cardbury moving the jobs from UK to Poland or France etc
Thanks,Jura
Cadbury said they were moving to Poland, Kraft said they'd keep Cadbury in the UK and then went back on it, ARM nor Softbank have said they are moving ARM out of the UK.
Just wait few months,if they want to ARM to remain in the UK,for now they will as you are pointed out with Cardbury moving the jobs from UK to Poland or France etc
Thanks,Jura
Cadbury said they were moving to Poland, Kraft said they'd keep Cadbury in the UK and then went back on it, ARM nor Softbank have said they are moving ARM out of the UK.
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#5308269 Posted on: 07/18/2016 10:50 PM
when you go to versatile, low power need, high chip power... nothing can be compared to ARM
Even Intel have try to get close and have fail despite all it's money power.
For me it is OK, it's not good for UK but it look really good for the company... let's see what will born from that
Do you know this is a huge misconception? They have no power\performance advantage, not at all. True, it is a good technology, but that's it. As I already told - there are many good technologies and many much better technologies out there. If ARM disappears, I won't be sad.
when you go to versatile, low power need, high chip power... nothing can be compared to ARM
Even Intel have try to get close and have fail despite all it's money power.
For me it is OK, it's not good for UK but it look really good for the company... let's see what will born from that
Do you know this is a huge misconception? They have no power\performance advantage, not at all. True, it is a good technology, but that's it. As I already told - there are many good technologies and many much better technologies out there. If ARM disappears, I won't be sad.
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#5308327 Posted on: 07/19/2016 12:56 AM
Such as? You can't just go around saying there are better technologies out there and then not actually say what they are or even say why they are better.
If there's some technology out there that's somehow better than ARM in what quite frankly is a stagnant market I'd like to know what it is so I can invest in it, cos they'll either get bought for big bucks or make big bucks
Do you know this is a huge misconception? They have no power\performance advantage, not at all. True, it is a good technology, but that's it. As I already told - there are many good technologies and many much better technologies out there. If ARM disappears, I won't be sad.
Such as? You can't just go around saying there are better technologies out there and then not actually say what they are or even say why they are better.
If there's some technology out there that's somehow better than ARM in what quite frankly is a stagnant market I'd like to know what it is so I can invest in it, cos they'll either get bought for big bucks or make big bucks
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#5308337 Posted on: 07/19/2016 01:18 AM
"The deal includes no visible cost-cutting, and SoftBank even pledged to increase the number of jobs in Britain. “The independence aspect of the deal is very important,” said Simon Segars, ARM’s chief executive."
"The deal includes no visible cost-cutting, and SoftBank even pledged to increase the number of jobs in Britain. “The independence aspect of the deal is very important,” said Simon Segars, ARM’s chief executive."
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#5308341 Posted on: 07/19/2016 01:42 AM
Such as? You can't just go around saying there are better technologies out there and then not actually say what they are or even say why they are better.
If there's some technology out there that's somehow better than ARM in what quite frankly is a stagnant market I'd like to know what it is so I can invest in it, cos they'll either get bought for big bucks or make big bucks
He means the Intel Atom battery killers that even Intel stopped making. There is nothing else out there.
Such as? You can't just go around saying there are better technologies out there and then not actually say what they are or even say why they are better.
If there's some technology out there that's somehow better than ARM in what quite frankly is a stagnant market I'd like to know what it is so I can invest in it, cos they'll either get bought for big bucks or make big bucks
He means the Intel Atom battery killers that even Intel stopped making. There is nothing else out there.
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#5308349 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:08 AM
The good old days...I must have in one way or another been involved in the manufacture of millions of these devices and similar for VLSI.
He means the Intel Atom battery killers that even Intel stopped making. There is nothing else out there.
The good old days...I must have in one way or another been involved in the manufacture of millions of these devices and similar for VLSI.
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Am I the only one, who doesn't like ARM?
As such I am more than OK with them being sold, bought, killed off or whatever.
I do realize, their tech is powering our smartphones, but for me it is a bogus, the world would have been better had it gone with different tech.