NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World's Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI

[Assimilator]

So Apple would buy ARM in this hypothetical fantasy scenario of yours, then immediately cease all agreements for ARM partners to use its instruction set, somehow being allowed to do this by evading all laws against such practices.

Read up on the term "escape clause", child. Hint: those have nothing to do with laws.

 

[Shatun_Bear]

Read up on the term "escape clause", child. Hint: those have nothing to do with laws.

No I won't, I'll just continue to amuse myself at your astounding lack of understanding on how business works!

 

[matar]

Great lets hope Nvidia makes Arm CPUs and motherboards and enter the CPU market.

 

[P4-630]

Co-founder Hermann Hauser has now set up a website to avoid adverse consequences of the takeover.

Save Arm

 

[RoutedScripter]

Aaaaand benefit to the average joe ... zero. I hope no ordinary gamer is celebrating this, they always brag as if without them or without a particular something "couldn't be possible", yeah right, everyhing's possible without large companies, conglomerates, with everything fractured/split, local owners, private, family run, ... if you really want to.

Co-founder Hermann Hauser has now set up a website to avoid adverse consequences of the takeover.

Save Arm

There's always hope!

 

[Ubersonic]

Arm's value went up 8billion in only 4 years, nice. from such a small acorn has grown a massive and valued company.

I see what you did there

 

[renz496]

A statement completely ignorant to reality and devoid of facts.

so nvidia is barred from licensing x86 is not a fact?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Actually that is what the 18 months is for, it's mentioned at the end of the article. Anti-trust and all that sort of thing...

That would be incorrect. There is no evidence of any anti-trust concern. The 18 months you refer to is transfer of ownership and company transition relating to fiscal regulations procedure time-frames as this is an international sale that trasitions several currency jurisdictions. It has nothing to do with anti-trust regulations.

so nvidia is barred from licensing x86 is not a fact?

Provide a citation that shows that to be a "fact". Otherwise it is merely flawed speculation.

 

[renz496]

Provide a citation that shows that to be a "fact". Otherwise it is merely flawed speculation.

Intel Settles With NVIDIA: More Money, Fewer Problems, No x86

www.anandtech.com

 

[lexluthermiester]

Intel Settles With NVIDIA: More Money, Fewer Problems, No x86

www.anandtech.com

Yeah, you think that means forever? That was 7 years ago and a lot has changed. Not a good or even pertinent citation. Unless you can show a public statement from Intel that states NVidia is banned forever from buying a X86 license in any form the argument is mute.

 

[renz496]

Yeah, you think that means forever? That was 7 years ago and a lot has changed. Not a good or even pertinent citation. Unless you can show a public statement from Intel that states NVidia is banned forever from buying a X86 license in any form the argument is mute.

Parmanent or not did you think intel will somehow going to license x86 to nvidia? A few months ago we heard some talks (not even official) that Qualcomm chip might emulate x86 for windows for ARM and intel quickly make official statement they will not allow that happen and will fight it at court if need be.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Parmanent or not did you think intel will somehow going to license x86 to nvidia?

Business is business and right now Intel is getting to a point of hurt. They might issue a license to NVidia to earn revenue or to stem ARM's further intrusion into the technology market, specifically the laptop and desktop but also the server and workstation market or for a variety of other reasons. The point is, NVidia doing X86 is possible. To say it isn't is foolish beyond reason.

Qualcomm chip might emulate x86 for windows for ARM and intel quickly make official statement they will not allow that happen and will fight it at court if need be.

As far as X86 being emulated on ARM, Intel can SAY anything they wish, but reverse engineering, emulation and even simulation are perfectly legal and Intel can do bugger all about it beyond blustering loudly.

 

[Chrispy_]

Apple are screwed.

 

[Bubster]

basically it cost Nvidia nothing since its stock quadrupled in the last 18 months ...and it's nearly 1200% what it was in 2016...so Basically got all its recent acquisition for free...Nvidia Leadership are a bunch of very smart people not just the CEO...

 

[mtcn77]

The very fact that good deals in the sense of market positionings(read monopoly) in the stock market are the 'real money' makers in today's economy, this is very likely to go forward than not since it bankrolls its own dealing. This is not just "$40B", it is all the monopolistic market bubble can be in the hands of Nvidia, so if Nvidia forces the stock market which they will through IPO's it will print lots more than its sticker price.