Another concern is which regulators are going to allow such a sale to take place? As noted in the article, the FTC filed a suit against the merger and China wa

Another concern is which regulators are going to allow such a sale to take place? As noted in the article, the FTC filed a suit against the merger and China was likely to take a similar stance. If NVIDIA cannot buy ARM without running into anti-trust issues, who reasonably could? Any tech company that a) has the capital and b) has the interest would almost certainly run into the exact same problem. I think an IPO might be the only exit strategy Softbank has for ARM.