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Nvidia to buy Arm

In 2009 rumors started about the possibility of Nvidia acquiring AMD to give Nvidia a CPU capability. In 2011 Jensen Huang settled the subject decisively when he said, Arm is our CPU. Nine years later he put the period on that statement when he announced the acquisition of Arm for $40 billion. The rumor that Nvidia might acquire Arm has ...

Jon Peddie

In 2009 rumors started about the possibility of Nvidia acquiring AMD to give Nvidia a CPU capability. In 2011 Jensen Huang settled the subject decisively when he said, Arm is our CPU. Nine years later he put the period on that statement when he announced the acquisition of Arm for $40 billion. The rumor that Nvidia might acquire Arm has been circulating for several months. Almost everyone who read those rumors had an opinion on it, some pro, some con. Most were off the mark. Some were downright antagonistic, such as it is when dealing with rumors. Most people didn’t
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