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United Kingdom: Consultation regarding the competitive effects of the planned NVIDIA/Arm merger closed

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Consultation regarding the competitive effects of the planned NVIDIA/Arm merger closed

On 27 January 2021, the consultation period that was part of the merger inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the planned merger between NVIDIA and Arm was closed. It opened on 6 January 2021, when the CMA launched an inve…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
semiconductors
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2021-01-06
in consultation

On 6 January 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into NVIDI…

2021-01-27
processing consultation

On 27 January 2021, the consultation period that was part of the merger inquiry by the Competition …

2021-04-19
in consultation

On 19 April 2021, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a public inte…

2021-05-14
processing consultation

On 14 May 2021, the consultation period on the effects of NVIDIA's planned acquisition of Arm Ltd. …

2021-05-17
processing consultation

On 17 May 2021, the consultation period on the effects of NVIDIA's planned acquisition of Arm Ltd. …

2021-08-20
under deliberation

On 20 August 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a summary of its report reg…

2022-02-08
concluded

On 8 February 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that is closing its inves…