SoftBank's $6.5 billion acquisition of AI-chip designer Ampere is facing an in-depth US government probe that may delay the deal, according to Bloomberg.

Ampere is a customer that licenses Arm’s fundamental technology. When the Ampere deal was announced, SoftBank and Arm said they intended to close it in the second half of 2025.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking more details about SoftBank Group Corp's planned $6.5 billion purchase of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

SoftBank’s all-cash transaction valuing Ampere at $6.5 billion was announced in March and represents another step in the Japanese company’s push to add artificial intelligence infrastructure ...

SoftBank’s all-cash transaction valuing Ampere at $6.5 billion was announced in March and represents another step in the Japanese company’s push to add artificial intelligence infrastructure ...

SoftBank announced the purchase of the startup in March, part of its efforts to ramp up its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. SoftBank, Ampere and the FTC did not immediately ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking more details about SoftBank Group Corp's planned $6.5 billion purchase of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

[NEW YORK] SoftBank Group’s US$6.5 billion acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the US government. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one of ...

SoftBank Group’s acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the U.S. government. The Federal Trade Commission, one of two regulators charged ...

SoftBank announced its acquisition of Ampere in March 2025. Founded in 2017 by CEO Renée James and a group of her former Intel colleagues, Ampere designs server chips based on the Arm architecture but ...