Re:SoftBank set to sell UK’s Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40B
by Causality1 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @01:16AM
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My first thought at this news was "but nvidia's not even that into it anymore!"
Sure, they make SoCs for the Switch and some cars and a media dongle, but they used to be so much more interested. They basically owned the Android gaming market with Tegra 2 and 3, made a really cool handheld and licensed a incredibly economical tablet design to EVGA with Tegra 4, and released their own gaming tablet with the Shield.
Then they stopped. Why spend the last five years whittling down their ARM product line and then try to buy ARM?
Sure, they make SoCs for the Switch and some cars and a media dongle, but they used to be so much more interested. They basically owned the Android gaming market with Tegra 2 and 3, made a really cool handheld and licensed a incredibly economical tablet design to EVGA with Tegra 4, and released their own gaming tablet with the Shield.
Then they stopped. Why spend the last five years whittling down their ARM product line and then try to buy ARM?