British government intervenes in the acquisition of NVIDIA ARM-Survey on security impacts

On April 19, local time, the British government expressed concerns about the acquisition of a chip design company ARM (Headquarters: Cambridge) by NVIDIA, from a national security perspective.Oliver Dowden British Digital said that the country's competitive monitoring and market agency (CMA) will investigate the national security effects associated with the proposed ARM.

In a statement, Dowden said, "As a result of careful consideration of ARM's acquisition proposal, we have activated a public interest in the public interest intervention (Public Intervention Notice) on the 19th," said Dowden.We would like to support the prosperous British high -tech industry and welcome investment from abroad, but it is appropriate to consider the impact on the national security associated with such transactions. "

On the other hand, NVIDIA's spokeswoman said, "We believe that this transaction does not bring this transaction to substantial national security issues."We will cooperate closely with the authorities. "

In September 2020, the SoftBank Group agreed to sell ARMs under the umbrella to NVIDIA as part of a record of $ 40 billion in the chip industry, the highest in the chip industry.ARM is not as well -known as a huge chip company such as Qualcomm and Intel, but its technology supports processors in many smartphones in the world.

In 2016, the SoftBank Group acquired ARM for $ 32 billion (approximately 3.5 trillion yen) for the purpose of strengthening the IoT department.The company plans to acquire NVIDIA shares as part of the transaction associated with the sale of ARM.NVIDIA, on the other hand, said that it would be hoping that the ARM under the umbrella would enhance its own artificial intelligence (AI).

This article edited by Asahi Interactive for an article from overseas RED VENTURES for Japan.