Nvidia may buy Arm in huge shakeup of chip industry

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NVIDIA may buy Arm in huge shakeup of chip industry (Updated)

NVIDIA might become a dominant force in computing by making its most important acquisition. The company is reportedly in "advanced talks" for buying Arm.

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what does this mean for Apple?

 

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SoftBank May Be Selling Arm, But Apple Isn't Interested

SoftBank, the company that owns chip designer Arm Holdings, is exploring options that could include a full or partial sale of Arm, according to...

www.macrumors.com

A potential sale to Nvidia or another company would not likely have a major impact on Apple or Apple's licensing of Arm technology because of the regulatory oversight and requirements that would accompany such a deal.

 

[Waragainstsleep]

Not much. Apple only needs the license which Nvidia will be obligated to keep licensing.

 

[JMacHack]

NVidia making CPUs, Intel making GPUs, dogs living with cats, 2020's a real madhouse.

 

[mikehalloran]

in huge shakeup of chip industry

I seriously doubt that any so-called shakeup would occur.

 

[jerryk]

NVidia making CPUs, Intel making GPUs, dogs living with cats, 2020's a real madhouse.

Nvidia has been playing around with making CPUs for a while. Their RISC-V (V = 5) group is hiring.

 

[vigilant]

NVIDIA could buy them, but they’d see little benefit.

I’m fairly certain they’ve consistently take ARM designs and stamped them out next to their GPUs for cars.

I don’t think anyone can argue that NVIDIA does great work with GPUs. But how does doing this help them in the one ARM market they are in? That’s chips for cars.

If NVIDIA had any interest in something custom they’d do more than just license a core design.

Who knows. Maybe I’m wrong. NVIDIA benefits more from ARM being standalone far more than Apple.

 

[JMacHack]

Nvidia has been playing around with making CPUs for a while. Their RISC-V (V = 5) group is hiring.

I know, but I didn't want that fact to get in the way of making a joke.

 

[RumorConsumer]

Apple would be fine. Would its mean their architectures might line up better for a team up? Who knows... We pray.

And with that, I seem to have graduated to 65816

 

[Waragainstsleep]

I'm surprised Softbank wants to sell. ARM stands to gain considerable value in the next few years.