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If ARM is so important, surely the government would give consideration to have an American company own it. I am surprised that Intel in not in talks as a bidde
by tmaly 6y ago
If ARM is so important, surely the government would give consideration to have an American company own it.
I am surprised that Intel in not in talks as a bidder.
- ID1452319 6y agoARM is British before it was bought by SoftBank
- Alupis 6y ago> I am surprised that Intel in not in talks as a bidder I'm surprised too, but can't help thinking Intel would be the worst possible steward of the ARM ecosystem. Back to the same-old anti-competitive Intel practices of the 2000's... For what it's worth, I kind of have the same feeling about Nvidia too. I think the best stewards of ARM IP would be an organization that is fully invested in seeing ARM dominate... not an organization that's just looking to add ARM patents to it's warchest.
- klelatti 6y agoNot 100% sure which government you're referring to here but a polite reminder that ARM, although owned by Softbank, is still a British company with its HQ in Cambridge UK and design centres around the world including the US. I'm sure many US companies would be fine owners of ARM but it doesn't have to be owned by one to secure its future and that of the architecture. Intel would a) not be allowed to buy for very clear antitrust reasons b) as owner would be very likely to be a disaster for both Intel and ARM. Intel has had ARM licenses in the past and has sold the relevant businesses.
- manuelabeledo 6y agoIntel has quite a record on screwing up anything ARM related. They bought StrongARM from Digital, then tried manufacturing their own ARM based chips (XScale) for around five years, to finally sell the whole business to Marvell. On top of that, their mobile business lines are and have always been weak.