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They have bought architecture licenses that allow them full control. They can still buy and use ARM core IP if they want.

• uluyol 5y ago
  Sure, but allow and use are different things.
• zibzab 5y ago
  Not "full controll". They need to meet a ton of requirements towards ARM. And many of these "completely resigned" CPUs are nothing more than small (but important) adjustments of the pipeline and memory subsystem.