Nvidia's ARM bid faces opposition

Stefan Mileschin · 17th February 2021, 10:07

Big Tech worried about antitrust concerns

The graphics card maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia's plans to acquire British chip designer ARM fare facing challenges from Big Tech over antitrust concerns.

For those who came in late, the chipmaker wants to buy ARM from current owner Softbank for a cool $40 billion. Five months into the 18 month sales process and the deal is facing challenges from several fronts.

Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Graphcore have all reportedly voiced concerns about the merger, while UK and EU regulators have opened investigations. Qualcomm is flat out asking regulators in the US, UK, EU and China to intervene.

ARM licences its chip designs to 500 companies globally and Google and Microsoft are worried that, under NVIDIA's ownership, it will limit or raise the cost of accessing ARM's technology.

https://fudzilla.com/news/52368-nvid...aces-oppostion

17th February 2021, 10:07	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Nvidia's ARM bid faces opposition Big Tech worried about antitrust concerns The graphics card maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia's plans to acquire British chip designer ARM fare facing challenges from Big Tech over antitrust concerns. For those who came in late, the chipmaker wants to buy ARM from current owner Softbank for a cool $40 billion. Five months into the 18 month sales process and the deal is facing challenges from several fronts. Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Graphcore have all reportedly voiced concerns about the merger, while UK and EU regulators have opened investigations. Qualcomm is flat out asking regulators in the US, UK, EU and China to intervene. ARM licences its chip designs to 500 companies globally and Google and Microsoft are worried that, under NVIDIA's ownership, it will limit or raise the cost of accessing ARM's technology. https://fudzilla.com/news/52368-nvid...aces-oppostion

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