原文標題：
Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm takeover warrants an in-depth competition probe, UK
regulator says
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https://cnb.cx/3mpyHkJ
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PUBLISHED FRI, AUG 20 20219:55 AM EDT
原文內容：
KEY POINTS
- The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority says it found “significant
competition concerns” with the Nvidia-Arm deal.
- The regulator is worried Nvidia could hamper competition by restricting
access to Arm’s intellectual property.
- The government said it was set to make a decision on whether to proceed to a
phase-two investigation in due course.
Nvidia’s $40 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm should be subject
to an in-depth investigation, the U.K.’s competition regulator said Friday.
The Competition and Markets Authority says it has sent a summary of its
initial findings into the proposed acquisition to Britain’s Secretary of
State for Digital Oliver Dowden.
In the report, the watchdog says it found “significant competition concerns”
with the deal. The CMA is worried Nvidia could hamper competition by
restricting access to Arm’s intellectual property and “impairing
interoperability between related products.”
Such strategies could would lead to a potential “substantial lessening of
competition” in several markets, including the supply of data centers, car
software and gaming consoles, the regulator said.
Nvidia has repeatedly insisted it won’t change Arm’s business model.
“We look forward to the opportunity to address the CMA’s initial views and
resolve any concerns the Government may have,” a Nvidia spokesperson told
CNBC. “We remain confident that this transaction will be beneficial to Arm,
its licensees, competition, and the UK.”
It comes after the British government intervened in the Nvidia-Arm deal on
national security grounds. Dowden had asked the CMA to prepare a report on
the implications of Nvidia’s Arm purchase.
The government said it was set to make a decision on whether to proceed to a
phase-two investigation in due course.
“We have received the CMA’s phase one report and the Digital Secretary will
make a decision on whether to proceed to the next phase of the investigation
in due course,” a government spokesperson said.
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看來變數還是不小 但進度也太緩慢了一點 不知道會不會拖到年底