Terrible click-bait title. They are asking the competition watchdog (ARM is a UK company) to asses the takeover. This is no different from the FTC in the US reviewing a takeover to make sure it's not anticompetitive.
Not sure that Nvidia would even be aware of some of the issues that might have led to this - they are national security issues so likely secret after all.
>Well, of course my buying of your couch doesn't pose a domestic security security issue. I just want it.
>It is hard to get someone to understand that which their paycheck depends on them not understanding. -Upton Sinclair
Seriously, I'm tempted to get this quote engraved on a golden plaque, and starting a site just to track examples of. It pops up far too much in the last decade or so, and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
I'm confused as to how this got posted. I posted exactly the same link yesterday. If I try to post a link and someone has already posted it - even a few days prior - the link doesn't get posted and I get redirected to comments on the existing link.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] thread> The UK government is to examine the sale of computer chip designer Arm Holdings to a US company on national security grounds.
Also see extensive earlier discussion.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26861843
Seems like everyone involved is confused, then.
Not sure that Nvidia would even be aware of some of the issues that might have led to this - they are national security issues so likely secret after all.
>It is hard to get someone to understand that which their paycheck depends on them not understanding. -Upton Sinclair
Seriously, I'm tempted to get this quote engraved on a golden plaque, and starting a site just to track examples of. It pops up far too much in the last decade or so, and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.