Ngokuya nge-Reuters, iSoftBank ihlose ukuthengisa i-Arm noma ukwenza i-IPO (umnikelo wokuqala womphakathi). Kunamahlebezi ukuthi iSoftBank isivele ixoxa ngalolu daba noNvidia. Kodwa-ke, ngokwe-Nikkei Asia Review, iSoftBank isesezingeni lokuqhubeka nokubamba ingxenye yamasheya we-Arm, kepha uSoftBank akakabeki amalungiselelo athile.
Umthombo uveze amaNikkei ukuthi iSoftBank njengamanje idingida ukuthi iyayivumela yini i-Arm ku-IPO noma ixoxe ngesivumelwano sezwe neNvidia. Njengoba abakwaSoftBank benethemba lokuqhubeka nokubamba ingxenye ye-Arm's equity, iSoftBank iphakanyisiwe engxoxweni noNvidia. Kunezindlela eziningi, njengokuvumela uSoftBank ukuthi abambe ingxenye yamasheya eNvidia ngemuva kokuba uNvidia etholakele i-Amou, noma ukuhlanganisa iNvidia ne-Arm ngokushintshana ngesabelo, bese evumela uSoftbank ukuba abe ngumnikazi wazo omkhulu.
Ngaphezu kwezingxoxo noNvidia, uSun Zhengyi, ongumsunguli nosihlalo weSoftBank, ukhulume kaninginingi eminyakeni eyedlule ukuthi uhlose ukuvumela i-Arm ukuthi iqhubeke nokubamba amasheya athile ngemuva kwe-IPO.
Umbiko awuzange uveze ukuthi kungani iSoftBank isafuna ukuqhubeka nokubamba ingxenye ye-Anmou's equity. Kodwa-ke, lo mbiko uveze ukuthi iLanga Zhengyi inethemba elikhulu ngamathemba e-Arm. Ekupheleni kukaJuni, uthe emhlanganweni wabaninimasheya ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwe-chip design kwakudingeka kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma i-NVIDIA ithola i-Arm, izoba nomphumela wokuhlanganisa ukukhuphuka kanye naphansi komkhakha wezimboni.