Nvidia's French Offices Allegedly Raided as Part of Antitrust Investigation
The French competition authority has conducted a raid at the Nvidia France office, as reported by Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Nvidia's French Offices Allegedly Raided as Part of Antitrust Investigation
The French competition authority has conducted a raid at the Nvidia France office, as reported by Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Both news outlets have published articles highlighting the suspicions of French antitrust enforcers regarding Nvidia's involvement in anti-competitive activities. This raid took place yesterday morning, and although the French competition authority did not officially disclose the targeted business, sources with knowledge of the situation informed WSJ that Nvidia was indeed the company subject to the raid. In a press release issued today, the French competition authority stated, "Following authorization from a liberty and custody judge, the investigation services of the Autorité de la concurrence carried out a dawn raid at the premises of a company suspected of having implemented anticompetitive practices in the graphics cards sector." Nvidia U.S. has refrained from making any comments on the matter. [Note: The reference to "Nvid…