# NVIDIA to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

NVIDIA and SoftBank Group announced a definitive agreement for NVIDIA to acquire Arm Limited from SoftBank and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a transaction valued at $40 billion. The deal is expected to be immediately accretive to NVIDIA's non-GAAP gross margin and EPS.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-09-13
- Where: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Value: $40.0B
- Status: announced
- Products: AI computing platforms, CPU IP
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [NVIDIA](https://endata.com/companies/11954.md) (acquirer)
- [Arm](https://endata.com/companies/15433.md) (target)
- [SoftBank Group](https://endata.com/companies/15862.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [newsroom.arm.com](https://newsroom.arm.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai), 2020-09-13: "AI is the most powerful technology force of our time and has launched a new wave of computing."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/softbank-to-sell-chip-designer-arm-to-nvidia-in-40-billion-deal-idUSKBN264110/), 2020-09-14: "Nvidia Corp will buy UK-based chip designer Arm from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp for as much as $40 billion"
- [iteuropa.com](https://www.iteuropa.com/index%2ephp/news/iot-services-stay-out-nvidias-arm-acquisition), 2020-09-14: "AI is the most powerful technology force of our time and has launched a new wave of computing."
- [emsnow.com](https://www.emsnow.com/nvidias-40-billion-arm-purchase-will-test-current-ma-ceiling-says-ic-insights/), 2020-09-18: "Nvidia this week announced a $40 billion agreement to buy ARM—the leading supplier of processor intellectual property (IP)—from financially struggling SoftBank in Japan."
- [theconversation.com](https://theconversation.com/why-arms-sale-to-nvidia-has-stunned-the-tech-industry-146421), 2020-09-18: "Arm's owners, Softbank have announced a deal with tech giant Nvidia worth up to US$40 billion."

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