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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by eyesee on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:03PM (#24473818)
Apple has been designing their own CPU's for a decade, using the ARM ISA. Apple has a perpetual license to the ISA though, so they would not be a source of future revenue.

Apple is also under no obligation to stick with ARM's roadmap for future products.

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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by giancarlostoro on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:21PM (#24474009)
This is something I have wondered about and had no idea they basically had some sort of perpetual license. Is this normal for ARM to give out such a license? Or are all ARM licenses basically typically under those conditions? I know ARM mostly just licenses specs to their chips.
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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by jannes on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:21PM (#24474677)
ARM is a joint venture that Apple started with Acorn and VLSI.

Article from 1990: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-28-fi-4993-s...

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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by giancarlostoro on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:55PM (#24475577)
Wow I had no idea, now a lot of things make more sense to me about why Apple is going the route they are. I honestly wish them nothing but success. Part of me hopes they license their own chips down the line. The Intel monopoly over desktop systems needs to end.
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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by unionpivo on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:42AM (#24481085)
Not under current market.

Apple got as big as it is by vertically integrating everything and creating walled gardens.

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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by NetBeck on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:35PM (#24474179)
Apple + Acorn Computers = ARM[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers#ARM_Ltd.

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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by tus88 on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:08PM (#24474528)
I know that, I meant their own new CPU with their own ISA. I am sure I read about that a while back.
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Re:ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected? by jecel on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:58PM (#24477169)
Like the Scorpius (1989)?

https://archive.org/details/scorpius_architecture

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