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>Because ARM costs enough that it isn't viable to do a SoC layout you aren't going to ship millions of the chip, academic research (where the seeds for standard
by greenhouse_gas 9y ago
>Because ARM costs enough that it isn't viable to do a SoC layout you aren't going to ship millions of the chip, academic research (where the seeds for standards are often planted) just doesn't happen.
Is it license or fab issues? I thought that license is $0.X per chip, so it shouldn't make a difference (license-wise) if you make Y chips or 100,000 * Y chips. Fab costs change by overhead, but how would RISC-V help there?
- subway 9y agoIt's a mix of upfront costs and per-chip royalties, with upfront costs for the IP being in the millions. Here's a somewhat accurate article on the topic: https://www.anandtech.com/show/7112/the-arm-diaries-part-1-how-arms-business-model-works/2 https://www.anandtech.com/show/7112/the-arm-diaries-part-1-h...