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That's nonsense. First off, ARM is able to "keep up" with only tens of millions in profit a year. Second, Qualcomm is one of the richest chip makers. Third, Sam
by higherpurpose 11y ago
That's nonsense. First off, ARM is able to "keep up" with only tens of millions in profit a year. Second, Qualcomm is one of the richest chip makers. Third, Samsung hasn't been using custom CPUs and GPUS - at all.
- rayiner 11y agoIt's debatable whether ARM can keep up with custom cores. Both the A15 and A57 designs have been underwhelming from a performance per watt point of view. The A57-based Snapdragon 810 has suffered from thermal issues: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/in-depth-with-the-snapdragon-810s-heat-problems http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/in-depth-with-the-sna.... Samsung has not yet used their own core, but their custom 64-bit ARM core is at an advanced stage of development: http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/samsungs-own-exynos-m1-processor-core-already-supported-by-software-tools/ http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/samsungs-... Qualcomm is big, but Intel, Apple, and Samsung are all targeting custom cores in this space, and they may reasonably feel like doubling-down on their LTE technology and not trying to compete in that space.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoExynos isn't a custom chip?
- rayiner 11y agoQualcomm's Krait and Apple's Swift/Cyclone are ARM compatible cores designed in-house from the ground-up. Exynos uses IP cores designed licensed from ARM.