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I should note here that Apple designed and released their CPUs for mobile phones, tablets and PCs without buying ARM cores. They are still using and paying for
by hristov 4y ago
I should note here that Apple designed and released their CPUs for mobile phones, tablets and PCs without buying ARM cores. They are still using and paying for the ARM ISA, but they designed their own cores.
And their CPUs are widely held as better than the ones that use Arm cores. (E.g. the Samsung ones).
So there is potential for investment.
- giantrobot 4y agoApple easily spent a billion dollars developing their A-series chips from the purchase of P.A. Semi in 2008 through the release of the iPhone 4 with the A4 chip in 2010. A lot more money went into subsequent designs and now the M-series. There's potential for investment but that investment is a lot of money.