rocketpig said:
Soleron said:
rocketpig said:
Soleron said:
ARM doesn't have the money to design fast processors (their per-unit revenue is only 5 cents). I think we'll see an Apple vs Qualcomm vs Samsung custom core war soon enough. Wouldn't be surprised if one of those three buys AMD as well. |
I'm pretty sure Samsung doesn't have an ARM license to create their own chips. Apple snapped up one of the few licensors who can produce custom cores (Qualcomm is obviously another).
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Agreed, but they have the capability, cash and motivation to do so if stock ARM cores start falling behind Apple and Snapdragon in performance/watt. The purchase of an architecture license is trivial to them.
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I don't know if it's that simple, otherwise Apple would have just purchased a license for themselves. Instead, they had to buy out another company for their license. I don't know enough about the process to be certain.
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http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4204863/Microsoft-takes-ARM-license
I think ARM will just sell you one. They have no reason to NOT sell you one since they don't make it themselves. Unlike Intel where AMD/VIA/Cyrix only acquired one via lawsuit.
