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It would be really interesting to see if Apple picks up, say, RISC-V or does their own ISA once their ARM license expires. (Does it expire?)
by PeCaN 11y ago
It would be really interesting to see if Apple picks up, say, RISC-V or does their own ISA once their ARM license expires. (Does it expire?)
- ksec 11y agoUnless there are some major technical advantage in doing so, Apple is unlikely to move away from ARM. The ARM architecture license is far cheaper then the design license. ( Since you have to do more work to design it yourself rather then buying the blueprint ) And according to RealWorldTech, ARMv8 is simply a work of art.
- kristoffer 11y agoYou're wrong about the cost of the licenses. The architectural license is the most costly one. It comes with a risk to let others make implementations of your ISA ...