It would be interesting if Nvidia went this route. They've got the chops to design a competitive modern ARM core, plus experience with the more difficult GPU/ve

It would be interesting if Nvidia went this route. They've got the chops to design a competitive modern ARM core, plus experience with the more difficult GPU/vector processing units. They kinda signaled their interest with the attempted ARM purchase a while ago, but that fizzled out quick. That ship has sailed, though. The licensing of ARM puts them in an unfavorable position, which only incentivizes Nvidia to focus on GPU sales and RISC-V skunkworks. They've still got their Grace ARM system coming "soon", but I'd be surprised if they bothered to update their current Orin systems. It feels like no one besides Apple and maybe Qualcomm have an incentive to deliver consumer ARM hardware right now. To compete with Apple you need a custom core, and building a custom core takes time and money. The few stakeholders who can deliver a quality ARM experience are probably scheming to cut ARM out of the picture entirely.