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Release of report regarding competition concerns of NVIDIA/Arm merger by the CMA

On 20 August 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a summary of its report regarding the importance of an in-depth (phase 2) investigation of NVIDIA's planned acquisition of Arm Ltd that it sent to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport after the aforementioned department issued a public interest intervention notice (PIIN) on 19 April 2021. In the report, the CMA argues that if the transaction were to go through, competition in the UK would be affected adversely, since NVIDIA could limit access to Arm's intellectual property in the area of chip technologies.

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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…

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