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ARM doesn't manufacture chips, they license ARM Processor 'designs'. ARM is more of a household name for their use in mobile phones but that is just the tip of
by DoingIsLearning 6y ago
ARM doesn't manufacture chips, they license ARM Processor 'designs'.
ARM is more of a household name for their use in mobile phones but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I think you underestimate how many ARM chips you have in a single car or delivery truck.
Add to that:
- farming machinery
- construction machinery
- factory line automation
- elevators, escalators
- EV chargers
- fridges, washing machines, ovens
- medical devices such as drug-infusion pumps, ventilators, surgical machinery, etc.
- Auxiliary modules in aeroplanes and shipping containers.
- Infrastructure for Road, Rail, Power Grid with ARM processors running headless embedded systems
- Anything the size of a pebble with bluetooth connectivity uses nordic's nRF chip (which is yet again an ARM chip)
ARM processors are hiding in plain sight in the world all around you.
I understand the point you make, from a business standpoint, on how Tiktok might scale. The thing that is bizarre for me and I agree with the parent's sentiment, is how disconnected the valuation is from the real-world impact and objective _usefulness_ of ARM versus Tiktok.
Edit: bullet points
- amelius 6y ago> The thing that is bizarre for me and I agree with the parent's sentiment, is how disconnected the valuation is from the real-world impact and objective _usefulness_ of ARM versus Tiktok. Also how easily the technology behind Tiktok can be duplicated compared to ARM. Anyway, it's probably all about the network effect and brand value.
- sjwright 6y agoARM has no exposure to any end consumers and takes the tiniest sliver from each sale—if anything at all. Tiktok can deliver arbitrary content to hundreds of millions of people’s eyeballs around the planet.
- mcdevilkiller 6y agoAlso Intel ME and (not sure, but probably) AMD PSP.
- ekianjo 6y agoARM processors are also in pretty much any storage device like hard drives too.