Ilungu eliwumgogodla le-ARM Holdings lisanda kuveza ukuthi ngaphambi kokuthi uNvidia athenge inkampani ekhiqiza i-chip yaseBrithani ngo- $ 40 billion, i-Graphcore, esekelwa yiMicrosoft, izwakalise ukuphikisana okukhulu. Engxoxweni ne-CNBC, uHermann Hauser (uHermann Hauser), owasiza ekutholeni i-ARM ngo-1990, wathi uGravelcore wayephikisana nalokhu kuthengiselana "ngombono omkhulu" owathunyelwa kwi-UK Competition and Market Authority.
UHauser uthe: "Uma uNvidia engakwazi ukuhlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwe-ARM neNvidia kwisoftware efanayo, kusho ukuthi izinkampani ezinjengeGravelcore zivaleleke emakethe yomthengisi futhi zakhe ubuhlobo obuseduze ne-ARM." Ngokusebenzisa imali eqinile ye-Hauser i-Amadeus Capital, ungomunye wabatshalizimali ababalulekile bakaGrafcore.
UNvidia uhlela ukuthola i-ARM kwi-software enkulu yaseJapan iSoftBank, okhulumela inkampani ngoLwesithathu uchaze ukuthengiselana "njengokuxhasa ukuncintisana." I-ARM ayiphendulanga ngokushesha esicelweni se-CNBC sokuphawula. IGravelcore neCMA benqabile ukuphawula. Kodwa-ke, isikhulu esiphezulu seGravelcore uNigel Toon utshele abezindaba ze-CNBC ngoDisemba ukuthi uGravelcore ukholelwa ukuthi lesi sivumelwano besiphikisana nokuncintisana.