UK Competition and Markets Authority
Role in each timeline
- Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face
UK competition authority that found concerns with the Arm deal and conducted its Phase 2 inquiry.
- Xbox Game Pass: The Price Rise, the Reversal and the Metered Cloud
UK regulator whose Activision-order remedies affecting Microsoft's cloud-gaming arrangements run until August 2033.
UK Competition and Markets Authority across every timeline
Every dated entry that names UK Competition and Markets Authority, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
- FTC sues to block the Arm acquisition as a vertical threat to chip competition Legal
The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-0 to challenge the deal, arguing that owning Arm would let Nvidia stifle rivals that depend on Arm designs in data center CPUs, automotive and DPUs, and give it access to competitors' confidential information. The UK's CMA had already opened an in-depth probe on national-security and competition grounds and the European Commission a Phase 2 review.
on Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face - UK refers Nvidia's Arm acquisition to CMA Phase 2 Regulatory
The UK secretary of state referred Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Arm to the CMA for a Phase 2 investigation. The referral cited competition and national-security concerns.
on Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face - UK CMA finds competition concerns in Nvidia's Arm purchase Regulatory
The UK Competition and Markets Authority found that Nvidia's proposed purchase of Arm should proceed to a Phase 2 investigation. The CMA cited competition grounds for the in-depth investigation.
on Nvidia's Dealmaking: From Mellanox and the Failed Arm Bid to Groq and Hugging Face