> ARM won't even talk with small ASIC fabless companies, even if they are willing to shell out big upfront costs and royalties per chip that ARM demands [Citat

> ARM won't even talk with small ASIC fabless companies, even if they are willing to shell out big upfront costs and royalties per chip that ARM demands [Citation needed] There's literally 0 upfront costs for a Cortex-M3 [0] [0] https://developer.arm.com/products/designstart https://developer.arm.com/products/designstart