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FTC sues to block Nvidia/ARM. This is good. ARM needs to remain neutral for the good of the entire tech ecosystem. Can't be owned by an individual chip company. https://t.co/T5wUXnHGEL
— Sascha Segan (@saschasegan) December 2, 2021
"The action against the deal is the first major merger decision by the Federal Trade Commission under the leadership of Lina Khan, a critic of big corporate mergers and monopolies in technology." https://t.co/X6aypL16x2 via @ceciliakang @donal888
— David McCabe (@dmccabe) December 2, 2021
Honestly I still don’t understand why nᴠɪᴅɪᴀ wants to buy arm. I read the explanations, none of them make sense to me.
— Shac Ron ₪ (@stuntpants) December 3, 2021
It's looking increasingly unlikely that Nvidia's attempted acquisition of Arm will succeed. https://t.co/UFGd0fOaPK
— Ryan Browne (@Ryan_Browne_) December 2, 2021
?? @ftc files lawsuit to block @nvidia’s $80 billion takeover of @arm “This proposed deal would distort Arm’s incentives in chip markets and allow the combined firm to unfairly undermine Nvidia’s rivals,” agency said https://t.co/EpUvhbJ171
— Mark Scott (@markscott82) December 2, 2021
“The FTC is suing to block the largest semiconductor chip merger in history to prevent a chip conglomerate from stifling the innovation pipeline for next-generation technologies,” said FTC Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova. https://t.co/CpyxpaHaKh
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 2, 2021
Not entirely sure how this would shake out - experts, please let me know! - but doesn't the decision to block a U.S. chip firm's acquisition of a foreign designer undercut the congressional and administration effort to onshore chip capacity?https://t.co/hMt7OTIj0g
— Brendan Bordelon (@BrendanBordelon) December 2, 2021
FTC sues to block huge semiconductor deal: Nvidia's $40B purchase of ARM
— Cecilia Kang (@ceciliakang) December 2, 2021
Story to come
@FTC first out of the gate to block Nvidia's Arm takeoverhttps://t.co/blhNiAu0s6
— Josh Sisco (@joshua_sisco) December 2, 2021
FTC sues to block $40B semiconductor chip merger: vertical deal between chip supplier Nvidia and chip design provider Arm would allow combined firm to stifle competing next-generation technologies. https://t.co/TCoLHIUTOJ
— FTC (@FTC) December 2, 2021
This is the final nail in the coffin. Arm will remain an independent company for years, if not indefinitely. https://t.co/bW5fXOppJY
— Emil Protalinski (@EPro) December 2, 2021
Well this could be the final nail.
— Ben Bajarin (@BenBajarin) December 2, 2021
My confidence in this passing has been very low since the beginning. The question then becomes, what happens to Arm. https://t.co/kn7SxhpayC
FTC voted 4-0 to bring the complaint seeking to block the Nvidia-Arm transaction. An administrative trial is set to begin Aug. 9, 2022. https://t.co/XFVlQSV3qm
— Lauren Feiner (@lauren_feiner) December 2, 2021
An IPO for Arm is the wrong route. It would not make a good public stock or be the cash infusion it needs.
— Ben Bajarin (@BenBajarin) December 3, 2021
A licensee also can’t own it. Private equity would screw it up.
An unfortunate few options exist. https://t.co/TrjAmZWcQL
"The lawsuit marks the beginning of what is likely to be an aggressive antitrust campaign by the FTC under the leadership of Chairwoman Lina Khan, a progressive tapped by President Biden in June to lead the agency."https://t.co/EcEQPJFSaJ
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 2, 2021
4-0 vote, ouch : FTC Sues to Block $40 Billion Semiconductor Chip Merger https://t.co/9rm14c3BFC
— David L. ? sent l'odeur de l'essence ? (@davlgd) December 2, 2021
between this and the EU and UK investigations, Nvidia’s deal to acquire Arm looks seriously in doubt https://t.co/c6uozevxLq
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) December 2, 2021
Analysts say the new FTC lawsuit makes the Nvidia-Arm deal very unlikely and would leave @Arm with few good options for its future https://t.co/i7Lns5mHpq#HPC #AI #ARM via @SemiNewsByDylan pic.twitter.com/PxzL8MWYGj
— HPC Guru (@HPC_Guru) December 3, 2021