The Japanese mobile phone operator Softbank is going to buy ARM Holdings, the company that creates the architecture based on which the processors are produced for the vast majority of mobile terminals or tablets launched worldwide.
ARM Holdings owns the company that created the ARM architecture for processors and chips, those from Apple use it to create the A-series chips, but apart from Apple all major smartphone and tablet manufacturers use the same technologies in own products launched globally.
Apple also owns a small part of ARM Holdings, so he will receive a percentage of the 31 billion dollars that Softbank he will spend them to buy the entire stock package of the company, and then he will have a controlling position in the negotiations with those who offer him smartphones and tablets for sale in Japan and beyond.
Daca Softbank will complete this acquisition, it will be the largest ever made in Europe for an IT company, the 31 billion dollars being still a rather small investment compared to what the Japanese company has and its monetary reserves, but it will be extremely profitable through the position it will create for her.
SoftBank invested in 2013 in the acquisition of the Sprint mobile phone operator, owns shares worth 65 billion dollars in Alibaba and is the largest investor behind Yahoo Japan, so we are talking about a company specialized in investments designed to bring a very high profit , and ARM holdings is a major player on the mobile terminal market.
SoftBank is nearing a deal to acquire ARM Holdings, the British semiconductor company, said two people briefed on the matter who asked not to be named discussing private information. ARM, which designs chips and parts of chips, had a market capitalization of about $22 billion as of Friday's close. ARM would be one of SoftBank's largest acquisitions ever.
At the close of the stock market on Friday, ARM Holdings had a capitalization of 22 billion dollars, so those from SoftBank will pay more than 10 billion euros above the stock market value of the company, but this will definitely be worth it in the end because all the big producers will be dependent on its products.
Even if SoftBank will buy ARM Holdings, the Apple company will not give up using its technologies in the processors used in iPhone terminals or iPad tablets, but in the future those from Cupertino intend to create their own architecture for these components, with over 1000 engineers working to this project.
