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> So long as whoever is buying ARM is legally mandated to provide licenses Why would they? With Intel, AMD, IBM with PowerPC, etc. CPU ISAs are not a monopoly.
by fluffything 6y ago
> So long as whoever is buying ARM is legally mandated to provide licenses
Why would they? With Intel, AMD, IBM with PowerPC, etc. CPU ISAs are not a monopoly.
Whoever buys ARM might want to do that to start cranking up licensing fees, and might not give a damn if this results in customer loses.
- blinkingled 6y agoIf you have a perpetual license like Apple and many others do - that's a mandate to honor it forever.
- fluffything 6y agoThe question is at which price. Those mandates _never_ fix the price. At best, they might restrict how often ARM is allowed to raise it, and maybe even by how much, but that would be it.