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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by beervirus on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:13PM (#24011703)
Why would nvidia overpay by 22 billion dollars?
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by valuearb on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:23PM (#24011867)
Because the sources for this story are investment bankers desperate for bidders?
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by ac29 on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:57PM (#24014669)
An ARM owned and fully controlled by NVIDIA is probably worth more to them than an independent and reasonably neutral ARM who's willing to do business with NVIDIA's competitors. Maybe not $22B more, though.
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by walterbell on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:00PM (#24014702)
That would imply the purchase is for the purpose of actions that could cause regulators in multiple countries to block the purchase.
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by beervirus on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:33PM (#24015006)
There’s an opportunity for arbitrage here then...
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by tedunangst on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:26PM (#24015543)
Not really. You can't exactly cut in and buy arm from SoftBank for 16 and flip it to nvidia for 32. What's your pitch to SoftBank?
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Re:Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for m... by beervirus on Friday July 31, 2020 @09:23PM (#24016419)
Get hired at arm with equity comp.
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