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LONDON, Aug 20 — Nvidia Corp’s planned US$40 billion (RM170 billion) acquisition of British chip designer ARM looks set to face a lengthy inquiry after a UK regulator found the purchase by the US group could hit competition and weaken rivals. Struck in September last year, the deal for...

LONDON, Aug 20 — Nvidia Corp’s planned US$40 billion acquisition of British chip designer ARM looks set to face a lengthy inquiry after a UK regulator found the purchase by the US group could hit competition and weaken rivals. Struck in September last year, the deal for Britain’s most important technology company by the world’s biggest maker of graphics and AI chips has been hit by a swift backlash from politicians, rivals and customers.

While Nvidia had offered remedies to lessen the impact, the CMA did not believe they would alleviate its concerns. ARM is a major player in global semiconductors, a sector fundamental to technologies from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to 5G telecoms networks. Its designs power nearly every smartphone and millions of other devices.

The fear among chip firms is that Nvidia will give itself early access to Arm’s innovations rather than distributing them to the entire industry on an equal basis.

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