SoftBank confirms $6.5 billion deal to acquire Arm-based chipmaker Ampere The deal could align Ampere with Arm and previously acquired Graphcore The acquisition could put Arm in direct competition with its chip partners We previously reported that Arm is considering making its own silicon,

The world is getting stranger, isn’t it? We understand, given the difficulties of selling Arm server chips to hyperscalers and cloud builders that are

The move is a bet that Ampere’s chips can begin playing a significant role in data centers for creating artificial intelligence.