Sources claim that antitrust agencies have not even started approval processes.
Last September it was announced a historic purchase that promised to change the world’s computing and chip manufacturing landscape forever. We are talking, of course, about the $40 billion purchase of ARM by Nvidia. A purchase that has not yet been completed because, according to The Information and shared by Games Industry, China would be slowing down its approval as much as possible.
According to the aforementioned media outlet, industry insiders in China claim that. antitrust agencies of the country have not even begun a formal review of the purchase, which is a basic and necessary procedure for it to be carried out. The worst thing is that these types of procedures can take up to 6 monthsgoing through three different phases. And given the size of Nvidia’s purchase of ARM, adds The Information, it is highly likely that the acquisition will have to go through these processes two or three times.
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, one of Nvidia’s latest GPUs.
The Information cites opposition from Huawei and ZTE as a possible reason.Now, why is China slowing down Nvidia’s purchase of ARM? Its agencies do not clarify the reasons why they have not yet begun to review the purchase, despite the fact that it was announced almost 11 months ago, and the aforementioned media speculates with a clear motive: that both Huawei like ZTE from oppose the purchaseboth being Chinese companies to which ARM licenses its chips without exposure to U.S. trade restrictions (ARM is British).
Also mentioned is. Qualcomm’s opposition to the deal, who are interested in the purchase not going ahead so that they can acquire a stake in ARM, should the company go public. Also, Windows Central mentions that the ARM China subsidiary and its CEO, Allen Wu, are involved in an internal dispute over ousting the executive, with several lawsuits ongoing. Ultimately, to the purchase of ARM by Nvidia. is growing dwarfs all over the placeand it doesn’t look like it will be finished any time soon.
