NVIDIA和Softbank Group Corp.今天宣布终止先前宣布的交易,其中NVIDIA将从SBG获取ARM限制(“ARM”)。尽管缔约方诚信努力,但各方同意终止该协议,因为缔约方诚信努力努力。ARM现在将开始准备公开发售。
“ARM有一个光明的未来,我们将继续支持他们作为一个自豪的被许可人来到几十年来,”NVIDIA的创始人和首席执行官Jensen Huang说。“ARM在计算中的重要动态的中心。虽然我们不会是一家公司,但我们将与ARM密切合作。MASA使MASA已经定位的重大投资使ARM扩展到超越客户端计算到超级计算,云,AI和机器人的武器CPU的范围。我希望ARM成为未来十年最重要的CPU架构。“
SBG today also announced that, in coordination with Arm, it will start preparations for a public offering of Arm within the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. SBG believes Arm’s technology and intellectual property will continue to be at the center of mobile computing and the development of artificial intelligence.
“手臂成为中心innovation not only in the mobile phone revolution, but also in cloud computing, automotive, the Internet of Things and the metaverse, and has entered its second growth phase,” said Masayoshi Son, Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank Group Corp. “We will take this opportunity and start preparing to take Arm public, and to make even further progress.”
Mr. Son continued, “I want to thank Jensen and his talented team at NVIDIA for trying to bring together these two great companies and wish them all the success.”
NVIDIA和SBG宣布他们签订了一项最终协议,其中NVIDIA将于2020年9月13日从SoftBank获得Arm。根据协议的条款,SBG *将保留NVIDIA的预付款12.25亿美元,将被记录为第四季度的利润,NVIDIA将保留其20年的ARM许可证。
* 24.99% of Arm shares are attributable to SoftBank Vision Fund 1.