The nvda mlnx deal was closed and approved a long time ago. What are you talking about. And mellanox never competed in the ai arena. They are a network equipment pure play. Nvidia bought mellanox because of its interconnect fabric which they need to improve their inter gpu data transfers and server node communication. The deal will never be broken because of any Chinese influence. It's a way too important merger from the US standpoint and it's a done deal. I am happy to make a bet on that. You attach a way too high probability at China causing a rupture for this particular merger and you are subsequently mispricing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...irms-that-need-chinese-approval-idUSKCN1VD2CI
I lost $100k on the QCOM/NXPI deal and now the NVDA/MLNX deal is just too similar (NVDA-Huawai compete on AI chips). I see MLNX trade around 70-90 standalone and while the spread looks rich, it looks like china will sit it out and nvda keep extending the offer, with the stock trading right between the standalone price and offer price, the 50/50% assigned probability looks a little too high in this environment. Wait for more colour until Dec, if deadlocked, look to pick up NVDA below 160 for its likely special dividends or buybacks, or MLNX below $100 for a longshot closing or value-long.