Nvidia's $40bn Arm deal faces China risks and industry pushback

Record acquisition comes as Beijing moves to cut US tech from its supply chain

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Nvidia's acquisition of Arm has raised alarm over the U.K. company's continued neutrality as a provider of key chip IP. (Source photos by Reuters) 

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Softbank's $40 billion sale of Arm Ltd. to Nvidia is a generational transaction for the semiconductor industry -- the world's most important mobile chip IP provider, being delivered into the hands of America's most valuable chipmaker, in the sector's biggest ever deal.

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