Re: Can anyone explain ...
before it left UK ownership
UK Gov does indeed have a legit influence because Arm is UK based, it might want to be careful exercising that right to avoid scaring off international capital, but Arm has never been wholly UK owned.
Robin Saxby has said it was 60% internationally owned when SoftBank bought it. At conception it was 55% US owned (Apple, VLSI) and the remaining 45% (Acorn) was 60% owned by an Italian ex-typewriter slinger anyway. All Arm's start-up finance was from outside the UK as was the core RISC concept.
Irrespective of ownership Arm always has been and remains a UK based company and it has always been global in outlook but there's never been a time when Arm was wholly UK owned.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
