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SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM for over $30bn -- reports

TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the U.K.'s ARM Holdings for more than $30 billion, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

ARM is a global leader in smartphone chip design. The agreement, if confirmed, would allow SoftBank to make a strong push in one of the next big tech markets, the internet of things.

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