Nvidia announced that it would acquire ARM within 18 months. Now two months have passed, how is the situation?

Latest update time：2021-09-04 05:27

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According to US media reports, Simon Segars, CEO of ARM, a world-renowned microprocessor company, said in an interview that regulators will "take a close look" at the company's transaction with US chipmaker Nvidia.

On September 13, Nvidia reportedly announced plans to spend $40 billion to acquire the British chip design company from Japan's SoftBank, but the acquisition still has several hurdles to overcome. "Regulatory approval is required in many jurisdictions around the world," Segars said late Tuesday. "It's a long process. There has to be a lot of interaction with regulators in order to provide the information they want." When the deal was announced, Nvidia and ARM said they expected it to take 18 months to complete the entire transaction. "We're about two months into it now, and we still expect it will take the remaining 16 months to complete the process," Segars said.

Because China is involved in the ARM acquisition case, China's Ministry of Commerce and China's State Administration for Market Regulation will have the right to review Nvidia's proposed transaction. In particular, 95% of the world's smartphones and 95% of the chips designed in China use ARM chip architecture. China's local chip manufacturers have tried to urge China to try to block the deal because they are worried that they may be at a disadvantage if ARM ends up in the hands of an American company. When asked if he was worried about pressure from Chinese regulators, Siggs said: "Regulators generally take a good look at the deal because both ARM and Nvidia are very important in the technology world." He added: "In terms of our ability to continue to provide technology to companies around the world, this will not change because we are acquired by an American company." "Export controls are determined by where the technology was originally produced. This will not change with the change in ARM's ownership."

The British government is also currently working to push Parliament through a new National Security and Investment Bill, which will bring new mechanisms for reviewing business transactions such as acquisitions. However, the British government has not yet confirmed whether Nvidia's acquisition of ARM will be reviewed if the new bill is passed.

Source: Southern Frontier

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