Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face
Nvidia began this period with its $6.9 billion agreement to acquire Mellanox in 2019, which closed in 2020 after China imposed six years of conduct conditions and established networking as a major part of Nvidia’s data-center business. Its proposed $40 billion purchase of Arm then failed in 2022 after challenges from the FTC and UK competition authorities and a European Commission Phase 2 review.
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