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That's not quite accurate based on the filings. Rather it should read that ARM has existing agreements with a number of companies, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, even

by teepo 3y ago

That's not quite accurate based on the filings. Rather it should read that ARM has existing agreements with a number of companies, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, even Nvidia. The ARM architecture is so ubiquitous that everyone wants a piece. I kind of think of ARM as a DMZ: The business model of licensing IP to a broad range of clients means that a lot of companies have a vested interest in ARM remaining a neutral party. We've seen with Nvidia and others that ARM isn't a clean acquisition target, so now everyone gets a place at the table, and thus license security for the long term. It's a bit similar to OpenAI, and how I think that in today's market, no regulator would allow a major tech company to acquire them.

nxobject 3y ago
Are there any historical examples of such a company - ubiquitous yet still a small fish, slightly troubled corporate history, but too important to be acquired by someone else?
ChrisRR 3y ago
I'd never heard of the term DMZ used in a computing context. For those like me who didn't know, it does mean De-Militarised Zone
- ysleepy 3y ago
  It has been used in the context of firewalls forever. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)
  - throw0101c 3y ago
    And by "forever" it is meant ~1994; see Cheswick and Bellovin (§3.1): > Up to this point, we have used the words “firewall” and “gateway” rather casually. We will now be more precise. A firewall, in general, consists of several different components (Figure 3.1). The “filters” (sometimes called “screens”) block transmission of certain classes of traffic. A gateway is a machine or a set of machines that provides relay services to compensate for the effects of the filter. The network inhabited by the gateway is often called the demilitarized zone (DMZ). A gateway in the DMZ is sometimes assisted by an internal gateway. Typically, the two gateways will have more open communication through the inside filter than the outside gateway has to other internal hosts. Either filter, or for that matter the gateway itself, may be omitted; the details will vary from firewall to firewall. In general, the outside filter can be used to protect the gateway from attack, while the inside filter is used to guard against the consequences of a compromised gateway. Either or both filters can protect the internal network from assaults. An exposed gateway machine is often called a bastion host. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewalls_and_Internet_Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewalls_and_Internet_Securit... * https://archive.org/details/firewallsinterne00ches https://archive.org/details/firewallsinterne00ches Ingham and Forrest wrote a good history of firewalls: * https://www.cs.unm.edu/~treport/tr/02-12/firewall.pdf https://www.cs.unm.edu/~treport/tr/02-12/firewall.pdf

by teepo 3y ago

nxobject 3y ago

Are there any historical examples of such a company - ubiquitous yet still a small fish, slightly troubled corporate history, but too important to be acquired by someone else?

ChrisRR 3y ago

I'd never heard of the term DMZ used in a computing context. For those like me who didn't know, it does mean De-Militarised Zone

ysleepy 3y ago
It has been used in the context of firewalls forever. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)
- throw0101c 3y ago
  And by "forever" it is meant ~1994; see Cheswick and Bellovin (§3.1): > Up to this point, we have used the words “firewall” and “gateway” rather casually. We will now be more precise. A firewall, in general, consists of several different components (Figure 3.1). The “filters” (sometimes called “screens”) block transmission of certain classes of traffic. A gateway is a machine or a set of machines that provides relay services to compensate for the effects of the filter. The network inhabited by the gateway is often called the demilitarized zone (DMZ). A gateway in the DMZ is sometimes assisted by an internal gateway. Typically, the two gateways will have more open communication through the inside filter than the outside gateway has to other internal hosts. Either filter, or for that matter the gateway itself, may be omitted; the details will vary from firewall to firewall. In general, the outside filter can be used to protect the gateway from attack, while the inside filter is used to guard against the consequences of a compromised gateway. Either or both filters can protect the internal network from assaults. An exposed gateway machine is often called a bastion host. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewalls_and_Internet_Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewalls_and_Internet_Securit... * https://archive.org/details/firewallsinterne00ches https://archive.org/details/firewallsinterne00ches Ingham and Forrest wrote a good history of firewalls: * https://www.cs.unm.edu/~treport/tr/02-12/firewall.pdf https://www.cs.unm.edu/~treport/tr/02-12/firewall.pdf