Enye yezindaba eyanikeza okuningi ukukhuluma ngayo ngo-2020, fusebenzisa ukuthengwa kwe-Arm okuhleliwe nguSoftBank nguNvidia futhi ehlulekile ngenxa "yezinselele ezinkulu zokulawula."
Ukudayiswa kwenkampani yama-chip yaseBrithani i-Arm kuka-$66 billion kuNvidia kwehlile ngemva kokuba abalawuli e-United States, e-United Kingdom, nase-European Union beveze ukukhathazeka okukhulu emiphumeleni yawo emqhudelwaneni embonini ye-semiconductor yomhlaba wonke.
Isivumelwano senkampani enkulu kunazo zonke embonini yama-chip besizobona i-Nvidia eseCalifornia ilawula inkampani eyenza ubuchwepheshe enhliziyweni yamadivaysi eselula amaningi emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Arm yenza amaphrosesa ayizigidi zama-smartphones, okuhlanganisa ama-Apple iPhones namadivayisi we-Android anikwa amandla ama-chips e-Qualcomm. Inkampani ibala cishe zonke izinkampani ezinkulu ze-semiconductor phakathi kwamakhasimende ayo.
Futhi lapho izinkampani ezimbalwa ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ezithembele kumiklamo ye-chip ye-Arm, okuhlanganisa i-Qualcomm ne-Microsoft, eziphikisa ukuthengwa.
Lesi sivumelwano sibhekwe ngabomvu selokhu samenyezelwa, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi i-Federal Trade Commission yase-United States yafaka icala lokuvimba ukuthengiselana ngezizathu zokungathembeki. Ngonyaka odlule, iziphathimandla zokuncintisana zase-UK zamemezela uphenyo ngokuthengiswa.
Izinkampani zobuchwepheshe kanye ne-semiconductor besaba ukuthi uma uNvidia ene-Arm, ingase iqhubekisele phambili ibhizinisi labo mayelana namakhasimende abo okungenzeka angabi nakho okunye kobuchwepheshe be-ARM.
"Uhlelo olume mpo oluhlongozwayo luzonikeza enye yezinkampani ezinkulu zama-chip amandla okulawula ubuchwepheshe bamakhompiyutha kanye nemiklamo izinkampani ezincintisana nazo ezithembele kuyo ukuze zizenzele awazo ama-chip," kusho i-FTC ngoDisemba.
I-SoftBank ithe idiphozithi engu-$1,250 billion eyitholile njengengxenye yesivumelwano ayinakubuyiselwa futhi izobonwa njengenzuzo engxenyeni yesine yonyaka wezimali ophela ngoMashi 31, 2022. I-Arm ibizimele kwaze kwaba ngu-2016, lapho ithengwe ngabakwaSoftBank Group. ngamarandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-32.
E-United Kingdom, kuphi osopolitiki babona i-Arm njengempahla yezwe enamasu, ukunakwa kufanele kugxile ekutheni ingabe ukubuyekezwa komncintiswano wase-UK kwesivumelwano kwanwetshwa ngonyaka odlule ukuze kufakwe ukucatshangelwa kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke.
Herman Hauser, umsunguli we-ARM, uthe:
“Kungaba yinhlekelele uma imbangi yase-US i-NVIDIA ikwazile ukuthenga inkampani yase-UK esiza ukwakha. »
ngaleyo nyanga, UHauser ushicilele incwadi evulelekile eya kuNdunankulu waseBrithani, UBoris Johnson, wathumela isikhalazo online ngicela usizo “Londoloza I-ARM”. Ephuzwini lesibili eliphakanyiswe ngokumelene nokutholwa kwenkampani, u-Hauser uthe i-NVIDIA "izocekela phansi" imodeli yebhizinisi ye-ARM, ebandakanya ukuklanywa kwamalayisensi kwezinye izinkampani ezingama-500, okuhlanganisa nezimbalwa ezincintisana ngqo nesitholi. isivumelwano sizodala i-monopoly.
I-Hauser waphinde wakhuluma ngodaba "lokungathathi hlangothi" kwe-ARM. “Ukwazi ukudayisela wonke umuntu kungenye yemigomo ewumgogodla wemodeli yebhizinisi le-ARM,” usho kanje. Kodwa-ke, abantu abasondelene neSoftBank bathi inkampani ingathanda ukuklelisa i-Arm eNew York futhi imelane nengcindezi yobuzwe. Izimakethe zase-US zibeka amanani aphezulu ezitokweni zobuchwepheshe, ngisho nangemva kokudayiswa kwakamuva.
URene Haas, inhloko yophiko lwe-intellectual property, engxoxweni uthe asikho isinqumo esesithathiwe ngokuthi i-Arm izofakwa kuphi ohlwini noma ukuthi iSoftBank izoqhubeka nokuba nesiteki iningi ngemva kokufakwa ohlwini.
Ngokwemibiko UNvidia wayeka ukuphishekela i-Arm emhlanganweni webhodi wangoFebhuwari 7. Isikhulu se-Nvidia uJensen Huang ubenethemba lokuthi uzosebenzisa amaprosesa e-Arm ukuqinisa indima ekhulayo yenkampani yakhe ezikhungweni zedatha. U-Arm esitatimendeni uthe usethubeni lokufinyelela amazinga arekhodiwe emali engenayo yobukhosi, imali engenayo yelayisensi kanye neholo onyakeni wezimali wamanje, ophela ngoNdasa.
NgoDisemba 2022, i-Federal Trade Commission (FTC) icala lokuvimba ukutholwa kwe-Arm nguNvidia, inkampani ye-semiconductor design, ethi isivumelwano se-blockbuster sizophazamisa ukuncintisana ngokungafanele:
“Isivumelwano esime mpo esihlongozwayo sizonikeza enye yezinkampani ezinkulu zama-chip amandla okulawula ubuchwepheshe bekhompiyutha kanye nemiklamo izinkampani ezincintisanayo ezithembele kuyo ukuze zizenzele awazo ama-chips aqhudelanayo. Icala le-FTC lithi le nkampani ehlanganisiwe izoba nezindlela nezisusa zokuvimbela ubuchwepheshe obusha besizukulwane esilandelayo, okuhlanganisa lezo ezisetshenziselwa ukusebenzisa izikhungo zedatha nezinhlelo zokusiza abashayeli ezimotweni.
Imithombo ithi izinkampani ziyathanda I-Intel, i-Amazon ne-Microsoft inikeze abalawuli imininingwane eyanele yokumisa isivumelwano. Ngaphambilini, babephikisana ngokuthi i-Nvidia ayikwazi ukugcina ukuzimela kwe-ARM ngoba yona ngokwayo ikhasimende le-ARM. Ngakho-ke, ingase ibe kokubili umphakeli kanye nembangi kubanikazi bamalayisensi be-ARM.
"Siyaqhubeka nokusekela umbono ovezwe ngokuningiliziwe ezincwadini zethu zakamuva zokulawula ukuthi lokhu kuthengiselana kunikeza ithuba lokusheshisa i-ARM futhi kuqhutshwe ukuncintisana nokuqamba okusha," kusho uNvidia ephendula ukugxekwa.
Futhi, I-China nayo ibingasiza ekuvimbeni ukutholwa kwe-Arm nguNvidia. Esimweni samanje sempi yezohwebo phakathi kweChina ne-United States, abalawuli baseShayina, abakhathazekile ngokubona ubuchwepheshe obubalulekile buwela ezandleni zenkampani yaseMelika, nabo baye bangabaza isivumelwano.
I-China kuthiwa ikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi ayilawuli ubuchwepheshe obubalulekile, ikakhulukazi obuhlobene nama-semiconductors. Ungachitha imali eningi ungenisa ama-semiconductors kunokungenisa uwoyela, futhi ama-ARM chips atholakala yonke indawo e-China njengoba enjalo kwenye indawo.
Umthombo: https://group.softbank