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> ARM achieved economies of scale that Intel never did I'm not sure how does that work. ARM doesn't produce their own chips they are licensing their code desig
by Wytwwww 3y ago
> ARM achieved economies of scale that Intel never did
I'm not sure how does that work. ARM doesn't produce their own chips they are licensing their code designs to 3rd parties which funds their R&D. Supposedly their royalty is around 1-2% per chip which is peanuts compared to what Intel is making (most ARM chips are very low cost and even the high-end ones like Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 are only ~$200). Apple and now Qualcomm and Ampere are developing their own chips these days but that's not really benefiting ARM directly in any way...
- PaulHoule 3y agoThere's a huge gap between different ARM chip makers. Apple makes chips for laptops and desktops which are really competitive, Qualcomm doesn't, despite trying for a decade. The phone market is so big, however, that it can support multiple manufacturers which have their own IP.
- Wytwwww 3y ago> Qualcomm doesn't, Snapdragon X Elite is supposed to be very competitive (and possibly or par with Apple's chips) of course we'll see. > The phone market is so big Perhaps, but I don't see how this changed anything. Most chips are low cost, low margin and ARM is barely getting anything from then anyway. IIRC ARM is the only company that has competitive mobile cores besides Apple and they can't come even remotely close to Intel's R&D budget.