Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B

Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by simias on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:56PM (#24474396)

iPhones sell massively well though, to the point where it would be a big loss if Apple went to another company for their screens. You just can't screw with a company the size of Apple without consequences. It's not like they'd go "oh no, no more iPhone now I guess :'(" if Samsung decided not to sell them screens anymore.

The problem is more with smaller companies that could be destroyed before they even get a chance to compete. Those can be bullied pretty easily by a company the size of Samsung.

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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by baddox on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:58PM (#24475077)

I don’t really see how it works both ways. It’s hard to imagine a bigger scarier competitor to Samsung than the Apple iPhone, yet we agree Samsung is happy selling screens to Apple.

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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by lagadu on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:57AM (#24481224)

I recall reading a breakdown at one point a few years ago that indicated that between screen, fabs (before Apple went for TSMC) and memory, Samsung made more money from each iphone sold than they did for each galaxy S phone of the time. Seems like a winning deal to me.

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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by bavell on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:59PM (#24475614)

Because there are a lot more Androids and other devices that need screens. If they didn't make screens for Apple, a competitor would.

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