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UK government intervenes in Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm

54 points by tyrbentsen 5y ago

fy20 5y ago
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.
- klelatti 5y ago
  No. The first line of the article makes the rationale clear and its national security not competition. > 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26861843
- emodendroket 5y ago
  > A spokesperson for Nvidia said: "We do not believe that this transaction poses any material national security issues. Seems like everyone involved is confused, then.
  - klelatti 5y ago
    They would say that of course. 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.
    - salawat 5y ago
      >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.
    - emodendroket 5y ago
      Not making a commentary on whether they're correct but the guy I'm replying to seems to be totally wrong about the bone of contention.
Digit-Al 5y ago
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.
- Zr40 5y ago
  The domain is different. bbc.com versus bbc.co.uk.
  - Digit-Al 5y ago
    Ah! Cheers.
xvilka 5y ago
Good news, even if old. NVIDIA is openly hostile to the open source, unlike the ARM. That would have been the end of blobless Linux on ARM.

54 points by tyrbentsen 5y ago

fy20 5y ago

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.

klelatti 5y ago
No. The first line of the article makes the rationale clear and its national security not competition. > 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26861843
emodendroket 5y ago
> A spokesperson for Nvidia said: "We do not believe that this transaction poses any material national security issues. Seems like everyone involved is confused, then.
- klelatti 5y ago
  They would say that of course. 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.
  - salawat 5y ago
    >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.
  - emodendroket 5y ago
    Not making a commentary on whether they're correct but the guy I'm replying to seems to be totally wrong about the bone of contention.

Digit-Al 5y ago

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.

Zr40 5y ago
The domain is different. bbc.com versus bbc.co.uk.
- Digit-Al 5y ago
  Ah! Cheers.

xvilka 5y ago

Good news, even if old. NVIDIA is openly hostile to the open source, unlike the ARM. That would have been the end of blobless Linux on ARM.