日本軟銀最大股東
ARM Holdings Plc. — a Japanese-owned, UK-based integrated circuit design house — entered the market with a bang on September 14, drawing huge interest and investment through its initial public offering.
安謀控股公司（ARM Holdings Plc.）是一家日商持有、總部位於英國的積體電路設計公司，於9月14日在市場上一鳴驚人，透過首次公開募股（IPO）吸引了大量的關注和投資。
integrated circuit design積體電路設計=IC designwith a bang猛烈地、一鼓作氣地、熱烈地initial public offering首次公開募股(IPO)initial(adj.)初步的
Valued at more than $54 billion, ARM was priced at $51 per share, making it “the largest IPO on the Nasdaq market in New York since 2021.”
安謀的估值超過540億美元，每股定價為51美元，成為「自2021年以來在紐約納斯達克市場上最大規模的IPO。」
be valued at... 被估值...more than...超過=in excess of...share(n.)股份、股票
Along with internationally-based tech heavyweights Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Google and Samsung, two Taiwanese companies — IC designer MediaTek Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. — also made a splash with their investments in ARM.
除了國際知名的科技巨頭蘋果、輝達、安謀、谷歌和三星之外，兩家台灣公司——IC設計商聯發科技股份有限公司和台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司——也因投資安謀而備受矚目。
heavyweight(n.)重量級人物、巨頭make a splash引起轟動=cause a splash=cause or create a sensation
MediaTek invested $25 million, allowing the company to own a 0.05% stake in ARM, noting that its purchase of 490,196 shares “was part of the company’s financial planning efforts” which reflects the long-term partnership that it has forged with ARM.
聯發科投資了2,500萬美元，使該公司擁有安謀0.05%的股權，並指出其購買的490,196股股份「是公司財務規劃工作的一部分」，這反映了聯發科與安謀建立的長期合作夥伴關係。
stake(n.)股本;股份forge(v.)鍛鍊、打造
TSMC bettered MediaTek’s efforts with a $100 million investment of its own, acquiring 0.2% of ARM’s shares.
台積電則以自家的1億美元投資超越了聯發科，收購了安謀0.2%的股份。
better(v.)超越、勝過、優於acquire(v.)購得
However, despite the frenzy of investment during the IPO, Japanese-based Softbank, the owner of ARM, ended up retaining around 90% of the available shares.
然而，儘管在IPO期間出現了投資熱潮，但安謀的持有者，亦即日本軟銀，最終仍持有約90%的在外流通股票。
frenzy(n.)狂暴、狂亂、瘋狂retain(v.)保留around(adv.)大約=about=approximately
ARM garnered so much attention during its IPO due to its crucial role in the global semiconductor industry: it has designed “the blueprint or chip architecture upon which 99 percent of the world’s smartphone processors are based.”
安謀控股公司在IPO期間吸引了如此多的關注，是因為其在全球半導體產業中發揮了關鍵作用：安謀設計了「99%的全球智慧型手機處理器所根據的藍圖或晶片架構。」
garner(v.)獲得blueprint(n.)藍圖chip architecture晶片架構
For TSMC especially, acquiring shares in ARM was a strategy to offer “a new package of services” which include products based on ARM’s intellectual property as a means to boost customer loyalty.
尤其對於台積電來說，收購安謀股份是提供「新一套服務」的策略，其中包括以安謀智慧財產為基礎的產品，以提高客戶忠誠度。
intellectual property智慧財產means(n.)方式;途徑;方法;手段as a means to VR作為～的方法、手段
This closer relationship with ARM could also allow TSMC to keep its costs lower than other “pure-play foundries,” further ensuring that current customers stick with the Taiwanese chipmaking giant.
與安謀的更緊密關係還可以讓台積電的成本保持在其他「純晶圓代工廠」之下，進一步確保目前的客戶會繼續支持這家台灣半導體巨頭。
pure-play foundries純晶圓代工廠foundry(n.)鑄造廠、晶圓代工(廠)