If I were Intel, man would I buy that company... Saves them from becoming (maybe, who knows) irrelevant.
lol - if you think that losing Apple with its measly 5% market share will make Intel irrelevant, think again. I hope Intel buys ARM and then charges Apple double of what they wanted for the Intel platform before. In all honesty: I find it extremely short-sighted of Apple to pass on this opportunity to completely control the processor market for mobile devices and their own hardware.
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Maybe they could go back to PowerPC and we could finally get that PowerBook G5 🤔
don‘t worry, Apple‘s „what goes around, comes around“ strategy will ensure that by 2028, they‘ll ditch ARM and go back to PPC. And three years later they‘ll switch back to Intel. You gotta keep your devs nimble and your customers‘ purses open, don‘t you?
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you mean Apple‘s buddies?
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Well there's a novel thought experiment in politico economics. ARM becomes Huawei "silicon" and politicians, being too thick to understand that Apple only licenses the ARM instruction set, start blowing off about Chinese spyware in Apple Processors. Yep, I'll give you that one just for the mess it would cause.
Some people still don‘t understand how China works. Sooner or later this‘ll blow up in our faces. And I bet it‘s much sooner rather than later.
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A “giant” like Nvidia? Nvidia is a gnat flying around Apple’s behind. They are nothing compared to Apple. “Apple pushing ARM... isn’t enough” What planet are you from?
They‘re a giant in their core business. Apple is a complete joke in anything beyond tablets, mobile phones and, to some extent, watches. They‘re down to a 5% market share in laptops and desktop computers.
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this little thing called Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Licensing also known as FRAND. Which if a company where to buy ARM and quadruple the rates would be in violation of this agreement. And the case could be taken to court and the courts would most likely rule in the favor of Apple or other companies.
the same reason why if Apple bought ARM they would have to license it and could keep it to itself. ARM has become an industry standard there for is subject to FRAND.
FRAND doesn‘t apply here - companies have a choice when it comes to processor architecture, ARM is certainly not dominant here. FRAND applies to unavoidable tech, like LTE chips.