Saturday, August 21st 2021
NVIDIA-Arm Acquisition Raises "Significant Competition Concerns:" UK Competition Regulator
The proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm Holdings Plc from SoftBank by NVIDIA raises "significant competition concerns," says the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The scathing report by the UK's competition regulator goes on to say that the merger will stifle innovation. "We're concerned that NVIDIA controlling Arm could create real problems for NVIDIA's rivals by limiting their access to key technologies, and ultimately stifling innovation across a number of important and growing markets. This could end up with consumers missing out on new products, or prices going up," it reads.
In its first reaction, NVIDIA sought time to address CMA's concerns. "We look forward to the opportunity to address the CMA's initial views and resolve any concerns the Government may have. We remain confident that this transaction will be beneficial to Arm, its licensees, competition, and the UK," the company said. Although a subsidiary of Japan's Softbank, the report by UK's competition regulator does have some bearing on the fate of Arm, which remains headquartered in the UK.
Sources:
UK Competition and Markets Authority (PDF), James Titcomb (Twitter)
In its first reaction, NVIDIA sought time to address CMA's concerns. "We look forward to the opportunity to address the CMA's initial views and resolve any concerns the Government may have. We remain confident that this transaction will be beneficial to Arm, its licensees, competition, and the UK," the company said. Although a subsidiary of Japan's Softbank, the report by UK's competition regulator does have some bearing on the fate of Arm, which remains headquartered in the UK.
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www.anandtech.com/show/7112/the-arm-diaries-part-1-how-arms-business-model-works/3
No matter what Nvidia says - they will limit the market in one way or another. Independent ARM is good for both the industry and the consumer.
Of course, it won't be given the green light.
mmm Freesync and FSR, smells lovely
They'll profit from it all.
Short term greed blinds them all. huhuhu
Even Elon Musk's idea for colonising Mars is actually to make profit on that planet...
It's called Anunnaki and we are their creations.
The short sightedness of UK and EU by allowing the ARM IP to leave Europe, still amazes me to this day.
Even today, the GeForce's image quality is quite poor compared to Radeon's.
I'm all for moving more control over all of this to the EU. Many national governments are pretty rotten, and ours right now (Netherlands) is a fine example. And over time, the brain drain is moving to EU - as in, the better politicians, policy makers, etc. Its the only logical path really because the circle of influence is much bigger.
.Why you lying?
Radeon Settings -> Radeon Image Sharpening:
I recommend that you read more and understand the matters instead of writing empty pro-Nvidia fanboy words in the comments sections of the forums.
It is a well researched area with a lot of information. Just read.
It works even in Microsoft's own browser - the Edge:
Edge with Radeon Image Sharpening:
Ordinary another browser without Radeon Image Sharpening:
Do you see how much crisper the first image is?
Well, that is very similar to the difference between the overall image quality that is rendered on an Radeon and on a GeForce.