
(Editor’s note: The headline and story were updated to include MRVL’s stock move premarket)
SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) earlier this year, with the idea of combining it with Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), the UK chip designer that it controls, according to a report.