FTC is suing Nvidia over Arm acquisition

03 December 2021
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) believes Nvidia would hold an unfair advantage over rivals.

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  • 06 Dec 2021

Anonymous, 03 Dec 2021and does he live now? in Taiwan? He is an American 😊So if you move to China, do you believe that you're a Chinese?

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    • PB7
    • 05 Dec 2021

    sixtymes, 05 Dec 2021corruption at the highest level. meanwhile, the FTC allowed... moreIt's got nothing to do with corruption.
    ARM is a big player. Xilinx is never going to have that sort of effect.

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      • 05 Dec 2021

      sixtymes, 05 Dec 2021corruption at the highest level. meanwhile, the FTC allowed... moreMmmmm. AMD doesn't have enough resources to do anything. And it's not like Nvidia where Jensen is like a dictator.
      So no one sees it as a threat. In fact, it's being nurtured as a rival against monopolies.
      It's not about trust or interests. It's just unwarranted fear.

        corruption at the highest level. meanwhile, the FTC allowed amd to by xlinx easily, in fact, they pushed that deal through so fast before anyone could file a dispute.

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          • CCCP
          • vGZ
          • 05 Dec 2021

          Anonymous, 04 Dec 2021Almost all of these technologies you see on daily basis are... moreMaybe you are living nostalgic Americana if 70s.


          But CCP is leading China or Qing Dynasty and leads in Quantum and AI technologies.

          And EU leads Europe not European Empire and leads in Domestic like ASML and AIC which makes new technologies with Intel, and new technologies of tomorrow.

          Wierd Take from You.

            Ronald, 04 Dec 2021How powerful is m1x compared to the others, and is it even ... moreWell, Apple doesn't make games themselves but they are in the business.
            It's not a stretch to say it. They are the most profitable. If you combine the money PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and Epic Games makes... all of those combined are less money than Apple makes from its Gaming Division (which is the 30% royalty/cut from In-App Purchases made from Games in its AppStore). Nintendo hasn't been at the top of their game, they have largely dwindled from the mindshare, marketshare, and profits over the past decade. They only survive due to nostalgia, and their fan base... but they haven't really been increasing their influence.

            Apple is winning. They do NOT want to change that. They do not want to bring AAA-Games like RDR2 to the macOS and M1 Macbooks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVqy_RWtae8

            How much power do those have?
            Lots. The pattern is that they use less power than both Intel and AMD, but provide more CPU and GPU performance. There are essentially three tiers: M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max. I'll just give you the rough stats for the Max, but you can check other sources for more info, or the other tier chipsets mentioned.

            Best case scenario, native app, optimised, synthetic benchmark:
            CPU beating AMD r9-5950X, and GPU beating to RX-6800X.
            CPU beating Intel 12900K, and GPU beating to RTX 3080.
            Overall the M1X is beating the Xbox Series X (over-clocked) by a small margin.

            Normal scenario, Rosetta2, real-world application):
            CPU close to AMD r9-5800, and GPU close to RX-6600.
            CPU close to Intel 12600KF, and GPU close to RTX 3060.
            Overall the M1X is losing to the PS5 (under-clocked) by a small margin.

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              • Anonymous
              • KZK
              • 04 Dec 2021

              Dom, 04 Dec 2021Everything would be americanized by thenAlmost all of these technologies you see on daily basis are 'Americanized'
              Go back to the stone age or 'china dynasty, European cottage, wooden houses era that you missed so dearly.

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                • Anonymous
                • vGV
                • 04 Dec 2021

                ae86, 04 Dec 2021I know, im just saying if it somehow happened, it would be ... moreThe thing that Jenson promised was to keep IP in Britain itself just like how it is now, and maintain neutrality like ARM currently does after ARM purchase.

                But we all know what a abusive anti-competetive company NVIDIA is.

                And also but that doesn't stop a lunatic nationalist American President who becomes rogue and declares all overseas IP as American IP.

                In which predence, it would be a illegal move but still it can stop ARM IP to China.

                But China has been heavily investing in RISCV and knows such a Mmve could happen in the future


                It's not only China buy a lot companies throughout the world are doing so, Esperanto,SiFive,AliBaba,hundreds of companies in China and some in Russia

                Those who haven't designed a Chip before are starting to do so.

                And RISC-V has provided them opportunity to do that.

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                  • 04 Dec 2021

                  ae86, 04 Dec 2021I know, im just saying if it somehow happened, it would be ... moreEverything would be americanized by then

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                    • 04 Dec 2021

                    Anonymous, 04 Dec 2021This wouldn't pass at all, since EU is investigating i... moreI know, im just saying if it somehow happened, it would be interesting since ARM holds 90% of the market share (correct me if im wrong tho) and with ARM technically becoming a US company... That would mean Chinese tech will no longer be able to use ARM technologies.

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                      • iDB
                      • 04 Dec 2021

                      hmm, 04 Dec 2021Crypto mining made the graphics card price go crazy up as t... moreI'm not 100% sure, but I think that mining video cards are different than the normal video cards. The reason for the high prices is not because of the mining, but because there's a shortage of supplies, everyone wants to buy and also everyone is buying a laptop since the pandemic started, causing even a bigger shortage.
                      Also, the auto industry has recently started to buy a huge number of CPU/GPUs for their cars.
                      Again, I'm not 100% sure, but I've seen yt videos where people explain how it's not caused by crypto mining.

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                        • 04 Dec 2021

                        ae86, 04 Dec 2021Once Nvidia acquired ARM, that would be a huge slap to Chin... moreOh well, a little less copy-paste ware, non-repairable would do good too all of us and to the earth too.

                          YUKI93, 03 Dec 2021"In addition, the FTC believes Nvidia would hold an un... moreAnyone can get arm license. Do other companies hold unfair advantage over each other ?
                          I mean other companies use arm's technology, arm doesn't use others technology.
                          But still I'd want it to be a non US company.

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                            • 04 Dec 2021

                            Skil, 03 Dec 2021This is false. Nvidia is a Taiwanese company.Bruh seriously wth are you talking about?

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                              • 04 Dec 2021

                              Kangal, 03 Dec 2021And innovation. AMD was able to catch up and even surpass ... moreHow powerful is m1x compared to the others, and is it even worth it at their current price?

                              Also, saying that apple is the most successful gaming company is a bit of a stretch. Meanwhile nintendo has been at the top of their game for so many years.

                                Your absolutely right this will be really good. The case Nvidia will have to make to get the FTC to allow this merger to continue. It will have to be the either the most convincing shinola salesman or the most convincing con job in history I'm curious about which one they will try and how good they do. I don't think they will pull it off, but to be there and see. The case they try sell.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vGV
                                  • 04 Dec 2021

                                  Anonymous, 04 Dec 2021It's weird when people are Americans when they do tril... moreIt happens :(

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                                    • vGV
                                    • 04 Dec 2021

                                    ae86, 04 Dec 2021Once Nvidia acquired ARM, that would be a huge slap to Chin... moreThis wouldn't pass at all, since EU is investigating it under anti-monopoly rules and Britain is scrutinizing it under National security laws

                                    Secondly Chinese went all out with RISC-V.

                                    According to RISC-V international website, 70% of investment into RISC-V ecosystem comes from China.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • vGV
                                      • 04 Dec 2021

                                      Anonymous, 03 Dec 2021and does he live now? in Taiwan? He is an American 😊Maybe he is a dual citizen?

                                        Skil, 03 Dec 2021This is false. Nvidia is a Taiwanese company.I'm not gonna school you when you already were by 2 other comments

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