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Arm intends to bring a new pricing model for its chip designs
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Arm intends to bring a new pricing model for its chip designs

SoftBank is striving to improve Arm's profit margins to make the firm more appealing ahead of its planned IPO.

British chip designer Arm is considering increasing the price of its chip designs, particularly its 'Cortex-A' designs that are common in smartphone processors. Arm designs chips used in a signi...

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