Report: ARM is for sale and Nvidia’s interested, Apple isn’t

Post by pankajdoharey » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 7:02 AM UTC

klelatti wrote: post #169

pankajdoharey wrote: post #158

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Actually Apple benefits if the ARM Core team isn't very good, the rest of the industry would suffer if Mali GPU's dont get upgrades. Already they are behind iPhones, a poor team at ARM Ensures competition doesn't catchup. But all this might change should NVIDIA buys it and adds their own GPUS to the SOC.

Lots of existing GPU alternatives already - including Nvidia (Tegra) so can't see this as a game changer.

Post by lliamander » Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 11:43 PM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #110

lliamander wrote: post #34

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True, but x86 also got it's start in (relatively) low-end systems (PCs) and eventually overtook high-end CPUs from the bottom. ARM looks to be in a position to do that.

Intel is already losing desktop market to ARM with Apple's Mac transition from Intel to "Apple Silicon" (ARM). Cheap RISC-V CPUs seem to have a much brighter future than ARM for consumer appliances like washing machines than have slim profit margins and don't need compatibility with other devices.