He answered, "We didn't meet, but SoftBank Chairman Son Jeong-ui (known as Masayoshi Son in Japan) will come to Seoul next month. It remains unclear whether Samsung will form a consortium with other companies to jointly acquire Arm to avoid monopoly concerns, because the U.K. chip design company is a leader in mobile chip architecture design. I believe that the HHI for Nvidia + Arm would have been too high. I believe that it would be easier for Samsung to buy Arm than Nvidia," the analyst added. Regarding Samsung's possible acquisition of Arm, a Samsung Electronics spokesman said, "We have nothing to say about this issue."

Source: The Times September 22, 2022 08:34 UTC