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> what can NVidia do to extract more money from them, new instructions? I don't know what those perpetual licenses look like, but, if there are any strings att
by mumblemumble 6y ago
> what can NVidia do to extract more money from them, new instructions?
I don't know what those perpetual licenses look like, but, if there are any strings attached at all, perhaps Nvidia can tug on them in order to apply a little good old-fashioned embrace-extend-extinguish to ARM? Extend ARM with new instructions that offer performance improvements when you've bought 100% into Nvidia hardware, maybe, and then stifle competition by making them implement these features in order to claim ARM compatibility, thereby making it more difficult/expensive for anyone else to pair ARM CPUs with other companies' GPUs?
- michaelt 6y agoIn a string-tugging fight between AWS and ARM, you'd bet on ARM?
- mumblemumble 6y agoI don't see a fight between AWS and ARM as a realistic scenario. In The Great British Bake-Off, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood were competing against neither the contestants nor the baking challenges. Their involvement was defining the scoring rubric and selecting the winners. Similarly, AWS is in competition with nobody in this context. AWS just influences the competitive landscape and chooses who wins by awarding contracts.