UK regulator presses pause on NVIDIA`s $40 billion Arm acquistion
(Android Central)

The UK is invoking national security concerns to halt this merger. What you need to know The UK has paused NVIDIA`s ARM acquisition while it opens an investigation into national security concerns. It will also seek advice from interested third parties as part of this probe. NVIDIA has committed to cooperating with the investigation. NVIDIA`s Arm purchase has just hit a snag as the UK today announced that it would be halting the $40 billion deal pending the results of a probe. The UK`s Competiton and Markets Authority, or CMA, will be investigating the transaction. It will then issue a report focusing on `jurisdictional and competition issues` alongside a summary of any representations it receives on potential national security issues arising from a consultation it will launch to gather third-party views. One might imagine Qualcomm and Graphcore would have a lot to contribute to the third party views section, for example. Qualcomm had reached out to the CMA, alongside the FTC s...