SoftBank's Arm plans to launch AI chips in 2025

Published on May 15, 2024

TOKYO/LONDON -- SoftBank Group subsidiary Arm will foray into the development of artificial intelligence chips, seeking to launch the first products next year.

The move is part of SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son's 10 trillion yen ($64 billion) push to transform the group into a sprawling AI powerhouse.

U.K.-based Arm will set up an AI chip division, aiming to build a prototype by spring 2025. Mass production, to be handled by contract manufacturers, is expected to start in the fall of that year.

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