Amazon's rumored investment in Arm's IPO might be good insurance

One of Amazon Web Services' key differentiators is its use of custom silicon, including Arm CPUs throughout its cloud infrastructure. So it should come as no surprise that the e-commerce giant is, at least according to Reuters, in talks to become an anchor investor in the British chip designer's impending IPO. Not long ago, …

[pimppetgaeghsr]

With the investors all knowing that Softbank has no other option as they put the ARM equity down as collateral I suspect softbank will be getting their eyeballs ripped out over this.

[Will Godfrey]

Here be dragons!

I would regard Amazon being interested in anything I was involved with as the final nail in the coffin.

[Snowy]

ARM

It has not been British for a long time.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: ARM

Neither has it been "ARM" for many-a-year.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: ARM

just.... can't.... let..... go....