The IPO is estimated to be worth as much as $80 billion.

“Though we won’t be one company, we will partner closely with Arm.”

Japanese tech giantSoftBankagreed tosell Arm to Nvidiain September 2020 but struggled to win regulatory approval.

Arm technology also is used inApple M1 Mac chipsandAmazon Graviton chips.

Nvidia had said it expected the tie-up to boost its artificial intelligence ambitions.