Nvidia and Arm counter UK regulators’ deal blockage
The UK chip designer, Arm, was set to be purchased by Nvidia for $40 billion, but regulatory authorities in the UK, US, Europe, and China stopped the deal. However, Nvidia and Arms combat the blockage with a 28-page document to counter concerns.
Nvidia and Arm planned to resolve the transaction ... Read more
EU halts antitrust inquiry on Nvidia and ARM deal
EU antitrust regulators have paused their inquiry into Nvidia's proposal to join hands with British chip designer ARM — the largest deal ever. However, the European Commission said it awaits more information about this acquisition and its implications on the competition before deciding whether to... Read more
Docker Official Images Now Available on AWS Container Registry
The move completes Docker's integration with Amazon's Graviton service
Docker has announced the availability of Docker Official Images directly from Amazon Web Servicesc (AWS). The Amazon Elastic Container Registry Public (Amazon ECR Public) is a registry service provided by Amazon to manage con... Read more
US regulator FTC wants to block Nvidia’s acquisition of ARM
The US regulator Federal Trade Commission wants to block the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia and is taking the matter to court. It reasons that Nvidia stands to gain the ability to block its competitors from using important technology through the acquisition.
Nvidia's aspired acquisition of British... Read more
‘Windows 11 can soon run on more ARM chips, other than Qualcomm’
The suspected deal may be ending soon, which could lead to Windows 11 being available on other chipsets.
This week saw the release of a report on XDA Developers claiming that an exclusivity deal with Qualcomm keeps Microsoft from making the ARM versions of Windows more generally available.
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The UK begins an exhaustive probe of the Nvidia-Arm acquisition
On Tuesday, Britain ordered an in-depth investigation of the planned $50+ billion acquisition of Arm by Nvidia. Arm is a UK-based chip designer that will have to go through this hurdle, following the proposed deal that has seen pressure to turn the regulatory screws by other concerned market titans... Read more
Intel Ponte Vecchio GPUs become suitable for Arm processors
Intel's new Ponte Vecchio GPUs will work with Arm-based processor architectures instead of exclusively supporting x86 processors, as is currently the case. European chip manufacturer SiPearl kickstarted the first project for combining Ponte Vecchio and Arm.
SiPearl and Intel will work together t... Read more
European Commission puts Nvidia-Arm merger under a microscope
The EC is launching an 'in-depth' antitrust probe into the proposed deal.
The European Commission announced this week that it has opened an in-depth investigation into Nvidia's proposed $40 billion acquisition of U.K.-based chip technology vendor Arm.
The European Union regulator said it is c... Read more
EU plans to investigate intended ARM acquisition by Nvidia
Nvidia’s bid to buy British chip designer ARM will face more scrutiny from EU antitrust watchdogs after concessions offered last week failed to address concerns raised by the competition, according to three people close to the matter.
An EU investigation would be a second blow to Nvidia, as it... Read more
Nvidia offers EU concessions to gain approval for Arm deal
The concessions aim to avoid rejection or further investigations into the Nvidia's plans to buy Arm.
This week Reuters reported that Nvidia has offered the EU concessions as it struggles to gain antitrust approval for its $54 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm. Reuters pulled the i... Read more