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This sort of stuff really isn’t going to produce long term benefits for humanity is it. Does anyone know if or how Apple will be affected by this? What are the
by andy_ppp 6y ago
This sort of stuff really isn’t going to produce long term benefits for humanity is it.
Does anyone know if or how Apple will be affected by this? What are the licensing agreements on the ISA?
- UncleOxidant 6y agoThis has been out there in the news for well over a month, I guess I don't understand why Apple didn't try to make a bid for ARM? Or why Apple didn't try to set up some sort of independent holding company or consortium to buy ARM. They definitely have the money and clout to have done something like that.
- andy_ppp 6y agoI guess Apple have a perpetual ARM ISA license. They haven’t used the CPU designs from ARM for many years.
- gumby 6y agoARM and Apple go way back (Apple was one of the three original consortium members who founded ARM). I am sure they pay a flat fee and have freedom to do whatever they like (probably other than sub licensing). Owning ARM would make no sense for them as they would gain no IP but would have to deal with antitrust which would force them to continue licensing the ip to others, which is not a business they are in. If ARM vanished tomorrow I doubt it would affect apple’s business at all.
- dharma1 6y agoI doubt Apple's arm license will be affected. But I think they will be getting tougher competition in the sense that Android phones will be getting a fair bit better now - most of them will be using super well integrated Nvidia GPU/ML chips in the future because of this deal. I think it will also bring Google and Nvidia closer together