Apple has inked a new deal with Arm for chip technology that “extends beyond 2040,” according to Arm’s initial public offering (IPO) documents filed on Tuesday.
Arm unveiled pricing on Tuesday for what it hopes will be a $52 billion initial public offering, which would be the largest such deal in the U.S. this year. Arm owner SoftBank Group plans to offer 95.5 million American depository shares of the United Kingdom-based company for $47 to $51 apiece, Arm said in a filing.
Arm owns the intellectual property behind the computing architecture for most of the world’s smartphones, which it licenses to Apple and many others. Apple uses Arm’s technology in the processes of designing its own custom chips for its iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The two companies have a long history – Apple was one of the initial companies that partnered to found the firm in 1990, before the release of its “Newton” handheld computer in 1993, which used an Arm-based processor chip.
Apple was among a number of large technology companies that that on Tuesday invested $735 million in Arm’s initial public offering.
MacDailyNews Note: The deal disclosed on Tuesday was not mentioned in Arm’s August 21, 2023 IPO filing documents, implying that the deal is recent and agreed upon between then and September 5th.
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Apple…buy Arm, already!
That would never be approved by regulators. In fact, any major company including Samsung, Google, microsoft would get approved. Way too much anti-trust. Not to mention if Apple or Google bought a controlling stake, they could eventually deny future access to the technology and keep all to itself.
I think it best if all the major players that benefit from arm take an equity stake fairly equally, with a carve out for other investors.
Nvidia already tried to buy ARM. Even though Nvidia offered $40 billion for ARM in 2020, the deal failed to happed because of protests from several governments (especially the UK), as well as protests from competitors.