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There's a decent chance they'd buy ARM Holdings ($8.4B). They could bring the processor design in-house. ARM chips already power all the IOS devices and could
by dstein 16y ago
There's a decent chance they'd buy ARM Holdings ($8.4B).
They could bring the processor design in-house. ARM chips already power all the IOS devices and could also power their server farms. They could also be planning for iOS/ARM systems to eventually replace their entire desktop and laptop lines.
- megablast 16y agoARM started out as a joint venture between Apple and Acorn. They would not be able to stop producing chips for other companies, so why would they do that? They already get everything out of ARM that they want, there would be very little benefit to this.
- dstein 16y agoYou're right, it may not be necessary. But there is speculation that ARM is on sale and Apple could be planning to expand beyond their current markets.