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NVIDIA officially withdraws ARM acquisition
In 2020, NVIDIA announced it would acquire ARM. However, according to an article in the Financial Times, the company is pulling back on the deal after pressure not only from regulators, but from many companies in the tech industry.
In January this year, it was reported that NVIDIA was already trying to abandon the acquisition, but it seems that it has decided this time. For those of you who don't know, ARM is the company that designs the architectures that companies like Qualcomm, MediaTek, Huawei, Apple, and Samsung use to develop their own chipsets.
Despite NVIDIA's denials, there were concerns that acquiring ARM could force these companies to pay more patent and licensing costs. However, concerns were also raised by various governments around the world, and NVIDIA eventually pulled out.
As for what's to come, it looks like the Softbank Group, which owns ARM, plans to do an IPO to bring ARM to the public by the end of 2022. NVIDIA's withdrawal will undoubtedly affect the company's plans to make a presence in the semiconductor industry, but given the various pressures from regulatory authorities, it is uncertain whether that plan worked as a result. don't understand.
This article was translated and edited for Japan by the editorial department.
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