ARM's failed lawsuit with Qualcomm revealed these same ambitions, albeit in a much more negative light: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42475228

After following that drama, it's difficult to see ARM as anything but a greedy profiteer.

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wyldfire 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe they're greedy or maybe they see the long game is that their architecture licensing business is in serious jeopardy from RISCV. So, if you can't beat em, join em.

Maybe they'll eventually make their own RV core designs too.

	▲	nxobject an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Maybe they'll eventually make their own RV core designs too. I am not a deeply technical embedded person, but I actually don't think that would be the death of ARM: my understanding is that they develop a lot of SoC-level interconnect/fabric standards and IP as well. After all, you have to do a lot of work to integrate your ARM cores into an actual platform...

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lysace 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> it's difficult to see ARM as anything but a greedy profiteer.

Keep in mind that Apple is the other party in this interaction. Pot, Kettle, Black, etc.

	▲	amelius an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, what would you call the 30% that developers have to pay? TSMC should charge Apple a 30% fee to be in their FabStore.

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onion2k 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it's difficult to see ARM as anything but a greedy profiteer

Welcome to Capitalism. It's not perfect but it's the best we've got.