Nvidia to acquire SoftBank’s chip designer Arm for $40 billion

On Monday, in a statement Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp said, Nvidia Corp has agreed to acquire its chip designer Arm for $40 billion in a deal that is potent enough to reshape the global semiconductor industry. The acquisition places a vital supplier of Apple Inc and others under the control of a single player. The…

EU’s antitrust ruling against Google more of an observation rather than a prescription

Although the ruling should provide smartphone makers the ability to develop phones based on Amazon’s Fire OS, Google limits the adoption of such forks, as termed in the industry, through its licensing model. Essentially, the ruling is not likely to significantly change Google’s licensing model and the revenues derived from it. With the European Union’s…