| JEMC said: Here come some good and bad news/rumors: Rumor: NVIDIA is interested in purchasing ARM Nvidia has, according to Bloomberg sources, approached Arm in recent weeks about a possible acquisition. According to the sources, other bidders could emerge, but details are not yet known. Four years ago ARM was acquired by Softbank for a sum of 29 billion euros, and since then the value raised. Nvidia may have the means to acquire ARM after having recently been listed higher than Intel, but whether Nvidia's interest will eventually lead to a deal with SoftBank remains to be seen. Should it come to this, it would be the largest takeover in the history of the chip industry. A takeover of Arm will be watched by numerous authorities as many companies depend on its technology. An acquisition of Arm by Nvidia will mean a shift in the market and increase Nvidia's chances of growing in different markets. |
| kirby007 said: Up next: nvidia buys intel |
Nvidia needs to get more serious about CPU's for the future. With Intel down and about to get curb stomped by AMD, this would be a fairly opportune time to make big moves in the CPU space. Not that purchasing ARM would instantly or easily give them what they need to compete with AMD and Intel overall, but it would strengthen Nvidia's business as is and could help them make a solo push into the mobile/laptop space if they so choose. Intel is now dipping their toes into Nvidia's GPU space, so Nvidia would be smart to do the same or more in the CPU space where they can.
Not sure how exactly the licensing with ARM works or how Nvidia could mess with it if they wanted to or not. Though it would be quite interesting if they could at least set themselves up in certain sectors as the only or main ARM CPU/SOC supplier. Like ARM laptops perhaps, since that market now has some backing and should have room for growth, especially with Intel faltering. Maybe a push to try and become the majority supplier in mobile/handheld gaming?
A deal like this would be really intriguing.
