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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by easde on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:59PM (#24475615)
Nvidia actually did try to license out its GPU IP a few years back: https://www.anandtech.com/show/7083/nvidia-to-license-kepler...

I don't believe they ever closed a deal, but clearly Nvidia had some interest in becoming an IP vendor. Perhaps the terms were too onerous or the price too high.

Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by DCKing on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:54PM (#24477467)
Ah that's very interesting. I wonder what kind of circumstance would get in the way deals for a GPU line that (starting with Maxwell) is technically the best GPU architecture money can buy. Perhaps Nvidia were trying to win game console SoC deals?