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Re:Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture: SVE2, Security, and the... by M2Ys4U on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:23AM (#26661595)
Apple has a perpetual royalty-free license as a result of being an ARM co-founder. It wouldn't be too surprising is Acorn had the same arrangement.
Re:Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture: SVE2, Security, and the... by deaddodo on Thursday April 01, 2021 @01:46PM (#26663784)
I think you're mixing ARM up with PPC. The AIM alliance was Apple/IBM/Motorola and granted them access to the tech.

Apple pays ARM for an architectural license, just like any other company.

Re:Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture: SVE2, Security, and the... by M2Ys4U on Friday April 02, 2021 @06:22PM (#26676583)
No, I meant ARM.

ARM was created as a joint venture between Apple, Acorn and VLSI.