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> they could move away from ARM if the Nvidia purchase happens. The Nvidia purchase is irrelevant to Apple. They have a license that won’t be impacted. The o
by zepto 6y ago
> they could move away from ARM if the Nvidia purchase happens.
The Nvidia purchase is irrelevant to Apple. They have a license that won’t be impacted.
The only thing that would make them move away would be a performance bottleneck in the architecture that necessitates a shift.
- klelatti 6y ago> Still leaves Apple open to potential Nvidia's changes to the ISA's direction (and the ISA won't stand still). I assume a full fork of the ISA isn't on the cards even for Apple.
- zepto 6y ago> I assume a full fork of the ISA isn't on the cards even for Apple. Why do you assume this?
- klelatti 6y agoIf you've seen their license then happy to be corrected but typically an architecture license wouldn't permit them to do precisely what they want with the ISA with no restrictions whatsoever.
- zepto 6y agoI haven’t seen their license but they founded ARM and even though they don’t retain any ownership of the business I have heard that they retain a license that allows them to do pretty much whatever they like with the architecture in their own products.