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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by soapdog on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:03AM (#24467878)
ARM was launched as a joint venture between Acorn, Apple, and VLSI. I believe that since day 0 Apple had perpetual access to the IP.
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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by ksec on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:48AM (#24469451)
They sold all of the ARM shares in mid 90s to prevent themselves from going bankruptcy.

Not to mention starting a JV has nothing to do with perpetual IP access. You will still have to pay for it.

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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by selectodude on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:12AM (#24469704)
They can certainly have a contract with Arm that allows them to renew their arch license in perpetuity that nvidia won't be able to void.

I obviously don't know that for sure but the idea that Apple would stake their future on something they don't have a legal ironclad position seems unlikely.

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