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2016-07-18
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This paywalled article in the WSJ http://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank...ion-1468808434 reports that Softbank, owner of Sprint among other things, has bought UK based ARM, whose processor designs are used everywhere in everything from N900s to iPhones
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2016-07-18
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Anything below the 2000p range is an absolute steal. With IOT, Servers & Apple likely shifting wholesale (save Mac Pros) to ARM in the medium term, I wouldn't have been surprised to see their price hit £30-35 in 3-4 years, especially with weak Sterling and most of their revenue being $ based.
Don't believe for a minute that they'll "double jobs at the UK operation".
ARM's an IP licensing company ... Softbank will milk it for a bit, then sell it to a Japanese tech company for more than twice the price, who will offshore almost everything back to Japan eventually.
Don't believe for a minute that they'll "double jobs at the UK operation".
ARM's an IP licensing company ... Softbank will milk it for a bit, then sell it to a Japanese tech company for more than twice the price, who will offshore almost everything back to Japan eventually.
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2016-07-18
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Originally Posted by bluefoot
Softbank is a Japanese tech company - -so they may have accomplished step two already.
ARM's an IP licensing company ... Softbank will milk it for a bit, then sell it to a Japanese tech company for more than twice the price, who will offshore almost everything back to Japan eventually.
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2016-07-18
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ohh the brexit.
Given current currency drop, they pay ~30% less then they would have to some weeks ago. Clever move.
Given current currency drop, they pay ~30% less then they would have to some weeks ago. Clever move.
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2016-07-18
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But still... 32GEur it is a huge investment... It's like five times what M$ paid for the Nokia devices division.
Softbank sure has deep pockets.
Softbank sure has deep pockets.
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2016-07-19
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Originally Posted by juiceme
They sure do. A few years back they paid $22 Billion for a l'il ol' Kansas telephone company.
But still... 32GEur it is a huge investment... It's like five times what M$ paid for the Nokia devices division.
Softbank sure has deep pockets.
Or at least their banks have deep pockets.
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2016-07-20
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Softbank sold $Billions of Alibaba shares recently, that should go some way towards the Arm purchase.
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