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That seems like an incredibly dumb decision. They do realize that RISC-V is right around the corner, and could quickly end much of the ARM chip market if licens
by _hypx 4y ago
That seems like an incredibly dumb decision. They do realize that RISC-V is right around the corner, and could quickly end much of the ARM chip market if licensing deals are this onerous?
- teruakohatu 4y agoIt is a short term cash grab, which will accelerate investment in RISC-V.
- gary_0 4y agoRISC-V seems increasingly inevitable in much of ARM's former feeding grounds, something I doubt ARM is unaware of, so it makes sense from a business perspective to squeeze out every cent while you still can.
- xiphias2 4y agoIt’s not just right around the corner, those chips are already in design phase: Jim Keller at Tenstorrent first wanted to license x86, then ARM to build AI chip, but as both said no, he went with RISC-V. The funniest part is that he licensed the RISC-V chip from SiFive, which is now part of Intel.
- therealcamino 4y agoSiFive is not part of Intel. There were reportedly talks last year that fell through. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-failed-to-buy-sifive https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-failed-to-buy-sifive