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>I would have thought that Apple's ARM architecture license would include terms to preclude incompatible forks. For an ordinary licensee you might think so, bu
by garblegarble 6y ago
>I would have thought that Apple's ARM architecture license would include terms to preclude incompatible forks.
For an ordinary licensee you might think so, but Apple may well have special terms, given that they co-founded ARM
- znpy 6y ago> given that they co-founded ARM ?????
- throw0101a 6y ago> The company was founded in November 1990 as Advanced RISC Machines Ltd and structured as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) and VLSI Technology.[17][18][19] The new company intended to further the development of the Acorn RISC Machine processor, which was originally used in the Acorn Archimedes and had been selected by Apple for its Newton project. […] The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in 1998[23] and by February 1999, Apple's shareholding had fallen to 14.8%.[24] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings#Founding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings#Founding
- craftinator 6y agoHoly moly, how did I never know this? I've worked on ARM based systems for years and never run across this tidbit. Thanks for sharing!
- leejoramo 6y agoFrom the LA Times in 1990 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-28-fi-4993-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-28-fi-4993-s... Apple went on to use ARM in the Newton and other devices....