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Skip to Main ContentSkip to SearchByandSoftBank Group Corp. is nearing a deal to sell British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp. for more than $40 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest in a series of big asset sales by the Japanese technology conglomerate.The cash-and-stock deal being discussed would value Arm in the low $40 billions, the people said. The terms under discussion would mark a big win for SoftBank, which and had struggled to jump-start growth in the business.Arm and Nvidia have been in exclusive talks for several weeks and a deal could be sealed early next week, the people said—assuming it isn’t derailed at the last minute.Arm designs microprocessors that power most of the world’s smartphones. By joining forces with Nvidia, .Nvidia is a fast-growing industry player whose chips are used to run the intense calculations for graphics—and play a key role in videogaming, cloud-computing and other activities for which has stoked demand. That has sent its shares up more than 100% this year, making it the best-performing stock in the S&amp;P 500 index.To Read the Full Story

Skip to Main ContentSkip to SearchByandSoftBank Group Corp. is nearing a deal to sell British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp. for more than $40 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest in a series of big asset sales by the Japanese technology conglomerate.The cash-and-stock deal being discussed would value Arm in the low $40 billions, the people said. The terms under discussion would mark a big win for SoftBank, which and had struggled to jump-start growth in the business.Arm and Nvidia have been in exclusive talks for several weeks and a deal could be...

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