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> they actually still hold DEC's ARM license. Does that give them modern ARM processors or just the ones of the time?
by mkl 6y ago
> they actually still hold DEC's ARM license.
Does that give them modern ARM processors or just the ones of the time?
- chungus_khan 6y agoIt's an ISA licence, so they're allowed to design their own processors that implement ARM, but they would have to design them themselves (which is why they haven't)
- cpgxiii 6y agoActually, through their Altera acquisition, they must have design licenses for a number of recent Cortex-A variants as well, since a number of their FPGAs have ARM cores.