Is it an IPO if they’ve already previously been public?
Maybe we should call it a Secondary Public Offering then.
SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO
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#32This sounds super dumb - but given their acquisition was blocked, would Nvidia be stopped from simply buying the majority of shares at IPO? To be clear I'm not suggesting this will happen or not, I'm just curious if it would be allowed?
Most very big mergers consist of one company buying all the shares of a publically-traded company, so it is likely that the regulators have the power to stop those kinds of mergers though I cannot think of an example.
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#33Re: SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't like much this but having ARM in the hands of financial institution which doesn't have any motivation to invest in the technology doesn't seem any better (and probably doesnt understand/doesnt care about it). In the other hand, Nvidia have a good track record creating good products.
NVidia has a track record of creating good products, but all proprietary and with closed source firmware/drivers. And lots of arbitrarily software locking features to extract more money from different market segments.
> And lots of arbitrarily software locking features to extract more money from different market segments.
To be fair, AMD does super annoying lock in/binning things too, though not with software locking.
For example, there was a Radeon that would have been a crazy awesome server rack mounted GPU for Deep learning 4U blades. You couldn't put it in a server because it was mounted on a chassis that was 4mm too large for PCI spec.
(Btw I hate hate hate Nvidia so this is not pointless whataboutism)
Re: SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO
#35Why will ARM succeed where MIPS faded into obscurity? (Well, relative obscurity. I see they are still used in media devices and cheap routers.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Technologies
>(Well, relative obscurity. I see they are still used in media devices and cheap routers.) It's actually gone; MIPS owners have abandoned MIPS to focus on RISC-V.
Kind of a shame because MIPS is one of the more approachable ISAs if you want to learn assembly
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#37Is it an IPO if they’ve already previously been public?
"Returning to the market" were similar headlines when Dell went public again.[0][1][2]
[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/dell-returns-to-public-equity-m...
[2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/28/18159305/dell-stock-mark...
Re: SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO
#38Is it an IPO if they’ve already previously been public?
I think there is a term for this: Follow-on Public offering (FPO
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#39i only read stories of softbank failures.. are they ok?
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#40> before March 2023.
Why does it take so long? I would be pretty surprised if they aren't already operating with audited GAAP financials, etc etc. Or is the extended date a hedge against market conditions, to avoid having to announce a delay.