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Arm to launch its own chip in move that could upend semiconductor industry [Financial Times] (archive.fo)
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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no way ARM will be able to manage the inherent conflict of interest in being both a CPU design company and platform provider.

Also interesting to see ARM buying out Ampere. Makes perfect sense, let's see if they will be able to capitalize on Ampere and don't run it to the ground.

SoftBank is also closing in on the acquisition of Ampere, an Oracle-backed chip designer of Arm-based chips for servers that could be valued at close to $6.5bn. That deal is central to Arm’s own chipmaking project, people familiar with the plans said.

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It makes me wonder if this is a reaction to risc-v gaining (small) ground as a viable instruction set ecosystem

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I am assuming this would be a driver for risc-v adoption.

That being said, from a consumer perspective, all risc-v offerings (SBCs, laptops) are far worse than ARM in every possible metric; performance, price, software support. Performance in particular seems to be atrocious even on a non-dollar weighted basis (one would expect less economies of scale with risc-v products).