To say thatNvidiais a powerful and influential force in the tech industry is putting it mildly. Valued at more than $250 billion, it’s surpassed the likes of Intel, which is soon to become a new major rival in the GPU realm. With it being in such a position,Nvidia has been attempting to purchase the UK chip firm ARM, with the deal beginning last September. However, along the way the merger has raised a lot of equally powerful eyebrows, and many huge companies are not happy. With the deal being blocked recently by the FTC, there are now more obstacles in the way as investigations grind to a halt.
According to a report from Reuters, EU regulators have temporarily paused the investigation overNvidiapurchasing ARM, which is going down as one of the biggest chip deals in history. The pause was instigated towards the end of November, and, the report says, has become a common practice for the likes of the European Commission, especially given the COVID outbreak. It doesn’t specify how long the investigation will be on hold for.
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This does mean that the deal will also be temporarily on hold along with the EU investigation, which will only hinder Nvidia’s progress in obtaining ARM. Things seem to be looking bleak for the merger as more influential parties look to stop the deal, or at least voice major concerns about it. Earlier this year, bothGoogle and Microsoft disputed the acquisition of ARM. The argument against the deal brings to the fore the notion that Nvidia would have complete control over a chip company that many customers, such as Samsung, Qualcomm, and Apple, depend on.
Things became even more serious a few days ago when theFederal Trade’s Commission moved to sue Nvidia, effectively blocking the deal. Similar to other arguments, the concerns raised relate to “team green” being able to “stifle competition” by owning a necessary tech conglomerate and essentially making it more difficult for rival companies to make technological process while Nvidia retains control.
Despite the hurdles, it’s still business as usual for the California-based tech giant. It seems as thoughNvidiais interested in pushing out new products in early 2022, even rebranding theRTX 2060 but with 12 GB of RAM, a card which originally came out in 2019. Such a push suggests that the company is looking to drown out competitor’s new products from the likes of AMD, and newcomers Intel.
