Nvidia-Arm merger would substantially lessen competition says U.K. government report

The CMA’s conclusion states:

“The CMA has concluded that the Merger gives rise to a realistic prospect of an SLC within a market or markets in the United Kingdom (UK) and that the test for reference is met on competition grounds. The CMA found an SLC in:

(a) the supply of CPUs for datacentre servers globally;

(b) the supply of network-interface controllers enabling the transfer of data in datacentres globally;

(c) the supply of GPUs for  datacentre servers globally;

(d) the supply of SoCs for high performance internet-of-things applications globally;

(e) the supply of SoCs for automotive applications globally, in respect of:

(i) advanced driver assistance systems applications; and

(ii) information and entertainment applications; and

(f) the supply of SoCs for gaming consoles globally.

1.14 Remedies: The CMA concluded that it would not be appropriate to deal with the competition concerns identified by way of undertakings in lieu of a reference to a phase 2 investigation.”