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Re:SoftBank Group Nears Deal to Buy ARM Holdings by elsen on Monday July 18, 2016 @04:09AM (#12113789)
They took 95% ownership of Aldebaran Robotic a while ago, and it's a huge success in Japan. I'm no expert but isn't that building a vertical?

AFAIR the robots are running on Intel Atom, but well... embedded... ARM... (not saying that's the only reason though)

Re:SoftBank Group Nears Deal to Buy ARM Holdings by unexistance on Monday July 18, 2016 @10:17AM (#12115135)
huh, that sounds cool, energy-efficient factory robots, sounds like something the Japanese love