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To be clear, Apple is not licensing ARM IP "just like everybody else". They have a very different relationship, being a founding shareholder, and then acquiring
by rswail 5y ago
To be clear, Apple is not licensing ARM IP "just like everybody else". They have a very different relationship, being a founding shareholder, and then acquiring an "Architecture License" from ARM after also acquiring PA Semi according to Wikipedia.
So Apple Silicon is not the same as someone else licensing ARM IP.
- brokencode 5y agoSource? According to Wikipedia, quite a few companies have an architectural license with ARM, including Intel and AMD. Maybe Apple gets a discount? Apple may have been a founding member, but they don’t own ARM, and I’m assuming that ARM still wants to make a profit off of its licenses to Apple.