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Never say never says Nvidia

If you are the one person who hasn’t heard the U.S. FTC may block San Jose-based Nvidia’s intention to acquire UK-based Arm from Japan-based Softbank, then let me be the one to bring you up to date. On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission moved to block Nvidia’s planned $40 billion purchase of SoftBank’s semiconductor business Arm Ltd., saying the deal ...

Jon Peddie

If you are the one person who hasn’t heard the U.S. FTC may block San Jose-based Nvidia’s intention to acquire UK-based Arm from Japan-based Softbank, then let me be the one to bring you up to date. On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission moved to block Nvidia’s planned $40 billion purchase of SoftBank’s semiconductor business Arm Ltd., saying the deal would allow the combined outfit to stifle competing next-generation technologies. “The FTC is suing to block the largest semiconductor chip merger in history to prevent a chip conglomerate from stifling the innovation pipeline for next-generation technologies,” said FTC Bureau of
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