UK government intervenes in Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm
The government is to examine Nvidia’s planned purchase of the UK firm on national security grounds. …
But much has changed since 2016. Arm being bought by Nvidia is, it appears, a national security concern now in a way that the Softbank deal was not. Why? Well the vital importance of the semiconductor industry has become clear in recent months, with chips at the centre of a US-China trade war and chip shortages halting production at car plants.
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