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Re:Animated GIF uses over 35GB RAM in Acorn on M1 Mac, likel... by saagarjha on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:44AM (#27232798)
Most licensees do not, in fact, add their own instructions.
Re:Animated GIF uses over 35GB RAM in Acorn on M1 Mac, likel... by bluGill on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:03AM (#27233486)
Which most - there is most as in number of cores shipped, and most as in number of organizations who have a license.

The second I have no doubt you are correct - I know of several organizations that have licensed ARM just to ensure they have a long term plan to get more without the CPU going obsolete again (one company has spent billions porting software that was perfectly working on a 16 bit CPUs that went obsolete - there was plenty of CPU for any foreseeable feature, but no ability to get more). These want something standard - they are kind of hoping that they can combine a production run with someone else in 10 years when they need more supply and thus save money on setup fees.

The first is a lot harder. The big players ship a lot of CPUs, and they the volumes to make some customization for their use case worth it. However I don't know how to get real numbers.