<p>➀ Softbank has acquired Ampere, an Arm-based server chip designer, for $6.5 billion.</p><p>➁ Ampere's technology originates from the Arm-based server processors of Applied Micro Circuit Corp (AMCC), which was acquired by MACOM in 2016.</p><p>➂ Softbank's acquisition of Ampere aligns with its mission to build AI chips and its recent purchase of Graphcore to enhance IC design expertise.</p>