Qualcomm spoke out against the deal that Nvidia bought ARM

Although it has been several months since Nvidia announced the acquisition of ARM, the most important chip designer in the smartphone industry, it is until now that Qualcomm has officially spoken out about the deal. by Nvidia.

According to a report from CNBC, Qualcomm has formally filed an objection to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of the US Government, the European Commission, the UK Competition and Market Authority and the Housing Authority. Market Regulations of China, said that Nvidia’s move to buy ARM is intended to prevent other companies from using intellectual property owned by ARM in the future.

For the uninitiated, ARM, a UK-based mobile chip design company (ARM Holdings) is now owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group. ARM specializes in semiconductor technology, software design, and is currently the only company licensing the use of the ARM architecture to different chip manufacturers. Both Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek or even Apple are using chipsets with ARM architecture. The ARM platform is widely applied worldwide in the fields of consumer electronics, smart phones, automation …

Last September, after many negotiations, Nvidia said the company would buy ARM from SoftBank for $ 40 billion. During the acquisition, both Nvidia and ARM said the deal would create a leading computer company for the new AI era. However, up to the present time, this deal has not come to an end because it is being closely monitored by the authorities around the world.

Not only Qualcomm, many other companies including Huawei as well as tech companies from China have expressed their concerns about the deal. In particular, the former Lenovo engineer said the China Antitrust Agency would not approve the ARM acquisition on the grounds that Nvidia might monopolize ARM’s technology.

Currently, according to reports, the FTC is implementing a “second phase” of the investigation, requiring both Nvidia and ARM to provide documents related to the deal, and this process will continue for several years. month later.

On the Nvidia side, the company said it believes regulators will see the benefits of the ARM acquisition and future approvals. However, it is still possible that the deal will not go through due to the monopoly practices.