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Arm to make proprietary AI ICs

By David Manners 13th May 2024

SoftBank and Arm are to develop proprietary AI chips and sell them as merchant market devices, reports the Nikkei.

SoftBank and Arm are to develop proprietary AI chips and sell them as merchant market devices, reports the Nikkei. Both Softbank and Arm will ontribute to the development costs and Arm Will set up a separate division for the initiative. The chips will be fabbed by foundries and TSMC is already said to have been approached for capacity. The plan is to build a prototype by 2025 with production starting in the autumn of 2025 . When mas production is underwayway, it is reported that the Arm AI unit will be transferred to Softbank to become a separate division of Softbank.