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Apple was part of the original development of ARM. Thus I don’t think they have to pay anything for it.
by azinman2 5y ago
Apple was part of the original development of ARM. Thus I don’t think they have to pay anything for it.
- msbarnett 5y agoAFAIK they have a perpetual architectural license dating back to their ownership of ARM, so they don't have to pay to re-up their right to develop their own ARM designs, but the do pay a per-chip royalty.
- selectodude 5y agoBut I would imagine their per-chip royalty to be less than what newer/lower volume customers pay.
- lsllc 5y agoARM (Acorn RISC Machine) was designed & developed by Sophie Wilson at Acorn Computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History Apple/VLSI didn't get involved until the late 80's / ARM6 (1992) timeframe as they were interested in using it for the Newton -- at the same time Acorn was declining due to UK schools adopting PCs and they spun ARM off in 1990 as a separate company, ARM Holdings (Advanced RISC Machine).