Giant Barrier to NVIDIA’s Acquisition of ARM

One of the highest ranked technology companies today NVIDIA, semiconductor manufacturer in September 2020 ARM announced that he was taking action to buy it. valued at $40 billion The acquisitions had great repercussions in the technology industry. The reason for this repercussion was that ARM was one of the biggest players in the semiconductor industry and would turn the competition largely in favor of NVIDIA.

This decision of NVIDIA soon received a reaction from giants such as Google and Microsoft. In the past months United KingdomNVIDIA’s acquisition of ARM that you don’t allow had explained. Estimating that the entire purchasing process will be completed in 1.5 years, NVIDIA also the US Federal Trade Commission also came under scrutiny.

The decision to purchase from the USA was rejected

After that review, a new decision came out today for NVIDIA to buy ARM. US Federal Trade Commission, Sued to prevent NVIDIA from buying ARM. In the statement shared by the Commission, the merger stated NVIDIA’s control over ARM technology, that he may use it to weaken his opponents. marked. However, in the statement, the merger of the two giant companies decrease in innovation and it was emphasized that it could lead to higher pricing.

The UK had used similar statements in recent months when explaining why it opposed the merger of NVIDIA and ARM. In the statement, the merger is expected in major industries such as data centers, IoT, automotive and gaming worldwide. that competition may weaken attention was drawn. The ARM architecture is used by AMD, NVIDIA’s biggest competitor, with its simplest example.

On the other hand, the chip crisis, which turned the world upside down with the effect of the coronavirus, enabled the new strategic product of the USA, European Union and China trio to become a chip. Countries’ goals, such as reducing foreign dependency and becoming independent, led to billions of dollars in incentives for chip manufacturers.