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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney and agency

REVEALED: Nvidia s 40bn takeover of uk chipmaker arm collapses | Rare Historical Photos

NVIDIA DGX-1, described as the 'World's First Deep Learning Supercomputer'
Nvidia announced in September 2020 it wanted to acquire UK chip designer Arm from SoftBank. Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA

Nvidia’s $40bn (£29.6bn) takeover of the Cambridge-based Arm has collapsed due to insurmountable regulatory hurdles, leaving the British chip designer to seek a stock market flotation in the next year as an alternative.

The deal, which would have been the largest in the semiconductor industry, had become mired in red tape on both sides of the Atlantic and in China and had also faced fierce opposition from players within the industry since it was announced in September 2020.

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