How embarrassing for Arm that they are having to admit how weak they really are to all and sundry.

  • mekhos@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    They have had a pretty good ride with Smartphones and SBC’s, maybe they should have embraced open source :)

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      3 years ago

      I absolutely agree with you!

      What happens to Arm if the deal doesn’t go ahead?

      I think they’re right to fear a flotation - the ROI has been surprisingly low for a company that’s supposed to be worth US$40B… And Arm are looking to raise money, not produce profits just to give the money to investors.

      Qualcomm’s idea of users of the ISA clubbing together to maintain it - I guess more-or-less the Foundation model - might raise some money… but wouldn’t that reduce Arm to custodians of the specification?

      Arm could open source the ISA… That would probably consign RISC-V to the classroom… but it would diminish Arm Ltd. too.

      : Chip designers for hire, and scrabbling for funding the next processor.