By Junko Yoshida, MADISON, Wis., Jul. 20, 2016 – By Junko Yoshida, EETimes -
Only history will be able to judge, perhaps 10 or 20 years from now, whether SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is the Don Quixote of our time - an impractical dreamer driven by his huge ego - or a prescient investor in the future of a connected world enhanced by artificial intelligence.
Forty-eight hours after SoftBank's announcement that it has acquired Arm, the jury is barely empaneled. Expert opinions in financial and electronics communities remain deeply divided over the meaning of Son's $32 billion gamble for the market and the future of the high-tech industry.