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That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM. x86 has a lot of legacy power and it enjoyed being the only relevant plat

That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM. x86 has a lot of legacy power and it enjoyed being the only relevant platform for a long time in a lot of markets so there's a lot of cost in making stuff that was architecture specific cross platform. ARM doesn't really have that, people that deal with ARM already have to worry about infrastructure set portability (all of them also have x86 support) once you add ARM the way is open for other ISA

kelnos 6y ago
> That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM. I think that's the big irony here. It's taken ARM decades to break out of embedded/mobile and get to the point where they're seriously considered for workstation or server use. If Nvidia were to acquire ARM it would likely antagonize everyone to the point where they'd rush back to x86 and Nvidia would gain nothing.
- toxik 6y ago
  That ship sailed already, Apple selling laptops with ARM processors is a sign of the times here.
  - kelnos 6y ago
    Apple is still a very small part of the market when it comes to laptops and desktops. Their ARM-based computers will be a tiny drop in the bucket when stacked against mobile ARM chipsets. Sure, I expect PC vendors to jump on the ARM train as well, but if the sale to Nvidia happens, that could stop before it gets into full swing, or not happen at all. I'm sure PC makers who are thinking about ARM are watching this deal very carefully, and are avoiding jumping too soon.
  - sitkack 6y ago
    Arm is the last instruction set that mattered. X86 and Arm are dead. It is always the third choice that wins.
xvilka 6y ago
> That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM It's enough for a short term gains, which is enough for a nifty bonus to a CEO.
- MichaelBurge 6y ago
  He founded the company and has been CEO for 27 years, so that he could extract short-term gains?

kelnos 6y ago

> That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM. I think that's the big irony here. It's taken ARM decades to break out of embedded/mobile and get to the point where they're seriously considered for workstation or server use. If Nvidia were to acquire ARM it would likely antagonize everyone to the point where they'd rush back to x86 and Nvidia would gain nothing.

toxik 6y ago
That ship sailed already, Apple selling laptops with ARM processors is a sign of the times here.
- kelnos 6y ago
  Apple is still a very small part of the market when it comes to laptops and desktops. Their ARM-based computers will be a tiny drop in the bucket when stacked against mobile ARM chipsets. Sure, I expect PC vendors to jump on the ARM train as well, but if the sale to Nvidia happens, that could stop before it gets into full swing, or not happen at all. I'm sure PC makers who are thinking about ARM are watching this deal very carefully, and are avoiding jumping too soon.
- sitkack 6y ago
  Arm is the last instruction set that mattered. X86 and Arm are dead. It is always the third choice that wins.

xvilka 6y ago

> That's not much of a value gain it would just push the industry further away from ARM It's enough for a short term gains, which is enough for a nifty bonus to a CEO.

MichaelBurge 6y ago
He founded the company and has been CEO for 27 years, so that he could extract short-term gains?