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SoftBankSoftBank(US:SFTBY) 国芯网·2025-11-19 04:45

Group 1 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its review of SoftBank's acquisition of semiconductor design company Ampere Computing LLC, clearing a significant hurdle for the $6.5 billion transaction [2][4] - The FTC granted "early termination" permission, officially ending the antitrust review process for the deal, which was announced by SoftBank in March [4] - This acquisition is part of SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's strategy to strengthen artificial intelligence infrastructure capabilities, with Ampere focusing on the design and development of server processors, which are core components of data center computers [4] Group 2 - SoftBank is already the controlling shareholder of Arm Holdings, whose technology is widely used in the global electronics industry and is increasingly becoming the infrastructure for server chip design [4] - Ampere is a key licensee of Arm's core technology, and through controlling Arm, Graphcore Ltd., and Ampere, SoftBank aims to master a series of critical technologies in the AI chip manufacturing sector [4]