popularity became an existential threat," Holly Vedova, the FTC's Bureau of Competition acting

competition, and good for the people and businesses that choose to use our products.” Holly Vedova

US antitrust officials sued to block chipmaker Nvidia’s proposed$ 40 billion takeover of Arm, saying the deal would hobble innovation in semiconductors and undermine Nvidia’s rivals. The Federal Trade Commission said in a statement that the acquisition would deliver Nvidia vast sway over the market by giving it control over chip designs used by the world’s biggest technology companies, including makers of smartphones, factory equipment and cars.“ The FTC is suing to block the largest semiconduct

It licenses its technology to hundreds of companies, while competing with none of them.... BusinessEl Segundo semiconductor maker goes public in billion-dollar deal amid chip shortage For faster charging and more efficient use of energy, Navitas thinks gallium nitride beats silicon.... “ We have said for some time that it is unlikely this deal gets approved, ” said Matt Bryson, an analyst at Wedbush Securities....