Nvidia already ‘clearly showing it will compete unfairly’, says Arm pioneer The US chipmaker announced it was buying the British company last year in a $40bn deal, which is now being investigated in the UK 2 May 2021 • 8:00pm Nvidia is already “clearly showing it will compete unfairly” against others if its takeover of Arm is allowed through, one of the pioneers behind the British semiconductor company has claimed. Hermann Hauser, the founder of Arm’s precursor company Acorn, believes that US behemoth Nvidia is already preparing to act in an “anti-competitive way” after the company announced plans for a microchip that combines its technology with Arm’s.