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They won't, because they'd need an ARM architecture license.
by bigyabai 29d ago
They won't, because they'd need an ARM architecture license.
- pixl97 29d agoI mean you can design anything without a license. Selling it is where the problems come up. Even then there are likely places in China that would still make it for you.
- amelius 29d agoWhy, the LLM can make up its own architecture. The value lies in the design space exploration, which is what an LLM can easily do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_space_exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_space_exploration
- wmf 29d agoArm sells architecture licenses to anybody these days.
- cmrdporcupine 29d agoOr they'll just build a competitor in RISC-V instead and that's fine. Except the problem is not restricted to the actual ISA or its HDL implementation, etc. It's even just getting space / time in a fab at that advanced of a process node.
- nr378 29d agoQualcomm have an architecture license and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-100 isn't too far off the M5 Pro. [1] https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-x2e-96-100 https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/snapdragon-x2-elite... [2] https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-14-inch-2026-18c-cpu-20c-gpu https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-14-inch-2026-...
- bigyabai 29d agoAre they using LLMs to close that gap, or is this their Nuvia acquisition doing the heavy lifting?
- pazimzadeh 29d agowatt about in performance per watt?