Progress

Current status
concluded
07 Feb 2022 concluded
27 Oct 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
semiconductors
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
central government
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

07 Feb 2022
concluded

Terminated Nvidia/Arm merger and announced public offering of Arm

On 7 February 2022, Nvidia and SoftBank Group Corp. announced the termination of the planned acquisition of Arm Limited (owned by SoftBank) by Nvidia. The parties declared to have dropped the agreement because of the significant challenges posed by …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
27 Oct 2021
under deliberation

EU Commission launches inquiry into NVIDIA/Arm merger

On 27 October 2021, the European Commission opened an investigation into NVIDIA's planned acquisition of Arm Ltd to determine if the merger could negatively impact the competition and innovation in the semiconductor industry. The company Arm license…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body central government