According to reports, Arm, a British chip manufacturer owned by SoftBank Group, is expected to be listed on Nasdaq in September, with a market value expected to exceed US$60 billion, making it the largest IPO this year. Many of the world's top chip manufacturers, including Nvidia, Intel and Samsung, are interested in buying Arm's shares after it goes public. Apple, the world's largest company, also plans to buy a stake in the British chipmaker.

Arm plans to treat these technology giants as medium- and long-term shareholders and sell millions of shares to them each to ensure a stable share price when it goes public. Arm is seen as a key player in the global semiconductor market. Since acquiring Arm in 2016, SoftBank had sold it to Nvidia for $40 billion in 2020, but the deal was ultimately abandoned due to regulatory scrutiny. Since then, the Japanese investment giant has been seeking to take Arm public.

Arm is expected to have a market value of more than $60 billion when it goes public next month, making it the largest IPO in 2023. In particular, SoftBank plans to launch shares of Arm in mid- or late September. Since SoftBank acquired Arm for $31 billion seven years ago, the chipmaker's market value has doubled.