> they do seem to be able to go further with the architecture licence than others No, they literally do things mere architecture license holders are not allowe

> they do seem to be able to go further with the architecture licence than others No, they literally do things mere architecture license holders are not allowed to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29798744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29798744 > but most of what they do is just normal architecture licensee stuff. Bespoke ISA extensions is not “normal architecture licensee stuff” and Apple literally does that.