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> I’m struggling to understand how this merger would eliminate competition, consolidate the market, and put consumers at risk of harm. Uh, how about this: NVID
by quickthrowman 5y ago
> I’m struggling to understand how this merger would eliminate competition, consolidate the market, and put consumers at risk of harm.
Uh, how about this: NVIDIA raises the licensing fees substantially. NVIDIA won’t have to pay the licensing fee if they own Arm, which would expand their profit margin at the expense of Arm licensees, and raise prices for consumers.
Or they could refuse to license Arm IP to current licensees.
Both of these scenarios are pretty obvious.
- zerohp 5y agoThis is exactly why Nvidia wants to buy ARM. It’s straight out of the Jack Tramiel (of Commodore) playbook. Commodore bought MOS to guarantee supply of the 6502 then raised the price for all of their competitors. It’s one of the reasons why a Commodore 64 was less than half the price of the nearest competitor.