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September 14, 2020

Cofounder warns Arm takeover by Nvidia would be a “disaster”

Hermann Hauser said the take-over would mean job losses in the UK and give American company Nvidia a monopoly


Freya Pratty

3 min read

Credit: VIPevent, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0

Arm cofounder Hermann Hauser said it would be a “disaster” if Nvidia buys the British company he helped to build.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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