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The UK's government has cited "national security" as the reason for their intervention.

Read more about the UK intervening in Nvidia's ARM acquisition.

Read more about the UK intervening in Nvidia's ARM acquisition.
Glad at least one government is trying to stop this.
Isn't ARM owned by Soft-bank, a Japanese company?
What if nvidia agreed to the same terms?
I don't like the idea of nvidia buying ARM either, but how are they different or more risky than Softbank? nvidia will just add gamery words to ARM branding and quadruple prices.
I think the main motivator seems to be that Softbank were not already an ARM licensee and not in competition with ARMs licensees whereas NVidia are, many of those licensees rely on ARM being a neutral standards setting body long term and if that is seen to be threatened then it puts a lot of other national and defence infrastructure, as well as companies and industries at risk long term.What if nvidia agreed to the same terms?
I don't like the idea of nvidia buying ARM either, but how are they different or more risky than Softbank? nvidia will just add gamery words to ARM branding and quadruple prices.
Even with the same terms and agreements, Nvidia is not a neutral party. Nvidia competes with ARMs customers, making them a bad overseer for ARM IMHO.
Softbank wanted to grow ARM with their existing business model, but Nvidia's ownership changes things. ARM would be part of Nvidia, not a standalone company under Softbank.
TBH, I don't want Nvidia to own ARM. It gives Nvidia too much power, and they can do plenty in the CPU market as an ARM customer. I don't want to see an ARM where the needs of Nvidia outweigh the needs of ARM licensees.
I think the main motivator seems to be that Softbank were not already an ARM licensee and not in competition with ARMs licensees whereas NVidia are, many of those licensees rely on ARM being a neutral standards setting body long term and if that is seen to be threatened then it puts a lot of other national and defence infrastructure, as well as companies and industries at risk long term.
In the mid term NVidia definitely would be constrained by any kind of deal to attempt to solidify the neutrality, and maintaining this good relationship with their licensees would be critical business wise too, but the introduction of the long term uncertainty seems to be what is getting many of ARMs customers a bit hot under the collar
If the deal does go through, we will no doubt see a mad rush to RISC-V begin, in many of the less consumer orientated sectors ARM is currently used like infrastructure, research, ect