Arm to start making its own processors

[Jan]

Arm making its own advanced chip

UK semiconductor and software design company Arm is developing its own advanced chip to showcase the potential of its products, Financial Times reports.

The project is being spearheaded by former Snapdragon designer and Qualcomm executive Kevork Kechichian.

 

[DapperDanMan]

Honestly thought this was about @Jan upgrading one of his arms, for science ...

 

[backstreetboy]

Apple is already doing that for the past 10 + years. Slow news day?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Apple is already doing that for the past 10 + years. Slow news day?

Using whose design hmm?

 

[backstreetboy]

Using whose design hmm?

Arm which the article is about.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Arm which the article is about.

And what has arm pretty much not done with their designs up until now?

 

[konfab]

Misleading headline IMO. ARM isn't going to break what is a very successful business model.

 

[Polymathic]

Apple is already doing that for the past 10 + years. Slow news day?

Apple uses ARM processors

 

[backstreetboy]

Apple uses ARM processors

Yes and they've been doing a fine job showcasing it's potential.

 

[Vorastra]

So despite ARM making CPUs and GPUs, only now they're moving into SOC design. Interesting.
Almost like Qualcomm had a point a year or two ago.

ARM started becoming hostile with core designs because they were moving towards competing with Qualcomm.

 

[Vorastra]

Misleading headline IMO. ARM isn't going to break what is a very successful business model.

Didn't stop ARM starting a fight with their biggest partner over licensing for a planned PC-based chip, and allegedly lying to Qualcomm's OEM partners.

ARM is also allegedly changing their licensing, after 2024, by shifting the burden onto the OEM directly instead of chip makers like Samsung and Qualcomm.
From a percentage of the SOC, to ARM wanting a percentage of the final device value according to a Qualcomm counter claim, reported on back in 2022.

They're also allegedly locking down the usage of third-party graphics, neural, and image processors and binding it to the CPU license.
So if you, the OEM, want to use an ARM CPU in your device, you would also have to use an ARM GPU, NPU, and ISP.

Arm Changes Business Model – OEM Partners Must Directly License From Arm

No More External GPU, NPU, or ISP’s Allowed In Arm-Based SOCs

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