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This depends on definition of "better". Maybe your question is better suited as "So, where are the others that supposedly are richer than them?" In that case,
by bayindirh 2y ago
This depends on definition of "better". Maybe your question is better suited as "So, where are the others that supposedly are richer than them?"
In that case, we have the CPU manufacturers, which already do this as the business, Google, which is not that interested, or already make their own chips, Apple, which has an in-house CPU/GPU company, and probably IBM, which also designs and builds their own processors.
So, the only interested shopper in the vicinity is Oracle, and they happen to have the money. The others have the money, but not the interest.
- pjmlp 2y agoIndeed, which kind of proves the point, in the scenarios where the only shopper at shows at the store is Oracle, the alternative is bankruptcy.
- mbreese 2y agoWas Ampere going bankrupt though? I think the fear is that if Oracle was the purchaser, then that would be good for Oracle, but not necessarily the rest of the ARM ecosystem. Given Softbank’s ARM investment, it is in their interest to try to keep the ecosystem healthy.
- pjmlp 2y agoI was speaking in general. In the specific case of Ampere it remains to be seen, it wasn't that healthy also. https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/oracle_ampere_stake_cpu/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/oracle_ampere_stake_c...