Arm Holdings Could Be Going Up for Sale

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Image: SoftBank



The realm of ARM technology could be set for a bit of a shakeup. On the heels of former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée’s statements regarding ARM’s future dominance of the PC marketplace, another potential possibility has surfaced. Semiconductor company Arm Holdings might be going up for sale. Presently, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group owns it. TechPowerUp has acquired information (via a report from the Wall Street Journal) indicating that SoftBank could be examining various ownership strategies for the future. Selling it off is one option, while taking it public with an IPO is also a possibility. However, Arm Holdings...

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[Zarathustra]

Well, if true, this will certainly be interesting.

Lots of potentially serious implications here.