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Question is why Intel did not just buy ARM, instead of Softbank?

• rando832 10y ago
  anti-trust I'm sure.
• cptskippy 10y ago
  Intel really wants to be completely vertically integrated and that would be hard to reconcile with ARM's decidedly horizontal structure. If they had purchased them then they'd have probably sabotaged ARM to promote their x86 business so we're better off. It probably would have been better strategically to buy them and in hindsight they never should have sold XScale to Marvell but Intel isn't know to strategize. They just sort of blindly charged forward until they hit a brick wall then pivot and charge in the next direction. You saw this with Itanium, Netburst, Atom, and CMOS sensors. It's what they do.
  • xenadu02 10y ago
    It's also incompatible with Intel's desire for high margins. My guess is this is an experiment or a way to burn excess capacity?
    • cptskippy 10y ago
      That's entirely possible and they could also spin their own silicon for ARM instead of just doing a cookie cutter job. This might however end up like their attempts to take over 4G where they either can't get power utilization under control or they price themselves out of the market.