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Anandtech's story on what the likely annual royalties are, as a percentage of what the market price for the chip would be: ARM7/9/11 1.0% - 1.5% ARM Cortex
by tyingq 5y ago
Anandtech's story on what the likely annual royalties are, as a percentage of what the market price for the chip would be:
ARM7/9/11 1.0% - 1.5%
ARM Cortex A-series 1.5% - 2.0%
ARMv8 Based Cortex A-series 2.0% and above
Mali GPU 0.75% - 1.25% added on
Physical IP Package (POP) 0.5% added on
https://www.anandtech.com/show/7112/the-arm-diaries-part-1-how-arms-business-model-works/2 https://www.anandtech.com/show/7112/the-arm-diaries-part-1-h...
It also mentions the simpler way of saying it. Half of ARM's revenue comes from royalties. So it stands to reason that you could halve your costs if you moved to a royalty free part with the same up-front cost.