The SoftBank Group is in talks with South Korea's Samsung Electronics for a strategic alliance with British semiconductor development company Arm.
According to the company, SoftBank Group President Masayoshi Son will visit South Korea next month and discuss with the leaders of Samsung Electronics about a strategic alliance with British semiconductor development company Arm. is.
Regarding Arm, the plan to sell Arm to NVIDIA, a major American semiconductor company, for more than 4 trillion yen in Japanese yen was scrapped in February this year after the regulatory authorities of each country pointed out the merger. I have been aiming for listing of.
Under these circumstances, due to the slump in the global stock market, the final profit and loss of the group for the three months until June was a deficit of more than 3 trillion yen, and from now on investment, which has accounted for most of the profit While shrinking the business, Arm, which is positioned as the core company of the group, was forced to materialize the future growth strategy.
Softbank seems to have the aim of realizing a strategic alliance between the two companies by having President Son visit South Korea himself, and attention will be paid to the outcome of the discussion.