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Apple was instrumental in splitting ARM from Acorn and, I seem to recall, owned 40% of it at launch. (It used an ARM chip in the Newton.) However, Apple owning
by scholia 10y ago
Apple was instrumental in splitting ARM from Acorn and, I seem to recall, owned 40% of it at launch. (It used an ARM chip in the Newton.) However, Apple owning ARM might well encourage other companies to use Intel or other chips....
- chx 10y agoDidn't Intel cancel chips for mobile phones this spring after the rather spectacular failure of Atom gaining any measurable marketshare? ARM has an architecture monopoly.
- scholia 10y agoYes, it cancelled the Broxton and SoFIA SoCs, which were targeted at mobile phones, presumably because these are low-margin businesses where Intel wasn't making any money. However, it's still in the Atom business, so there's nothing to stop it from doing mobile SoCs in the future. http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smar...