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Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B by techdragon on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:48PM (#24457826)
That sounds like a great strategy to announce and do for a year or two... before changing course to “maximise value” by merging operations, jacking up licensing costs, making nvidia gpus part of the arm ISA, etc...
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Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B by marticode on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:41AM (#24458666)
> making nvidia gpus part of the arm ISA

That would be amazing. Nvidia has arguably the best GPU designs in the market, this would be a boost for ARM IP business.

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Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B by rrss on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:36PM (#24458080)
> making nvidia gpus part of the arm ISA

what would this mean? are there any CPU ISAs with a GPU integrated into the ISA instead of just a peripheral?

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Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B by justaguy88 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:31AM (#24458628)
it doesn't have to be 'technically' integrated, it could be something buisness-y like "licences now cost 2x, but you also get a licence for some nvidia stuff you didn't really need"
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Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B by QuixoticQuibit on Sunday September 13, 2020 @03:34AM (#24459136)
Does Nvidia have a history of doing this?
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