That might be the perception inside Apple but I'm certain Arm was planning to build a 64 bit core anyway and would expect to work with leading customers on its

That might be the perception inside Apple but I'm certain Arm was planning to build a 64 bit core anyway and would expect to work with leading customers on its development. So calling it 'the Apple ISA' is overstating it a bit. Also https://twitter.com/TheKanter/status/1346480394057650177?s=20&t=Vt3HEHBSesl_No1PdHZp3A https://twitter.com/TheKanter/status/1346480394057650177?s=2... Also it's interesting that when the first Armv8 CPU came out there wasn't any mention by Apple of it being made for them - which is odd given how much weight they give to Apple's input and control elsewhere.