I think they’re right to fear a flotation - the ROI has been surprisingly low for a company that’s supposed to be worth US$40B… And Arm are looking to raise money, not produce profits just to give the money to investors.
Qualcomm’s idea of users of the ISA clubbing together to maintain it - I guess more-or-less the Foundation model - might raise some money… but wouldn’t that reduce Arm to custodians of the specification?
Arm could open source the ISA… That would probably consign RISC-V to the classroom… but it would diminish Arm Ltd. too.
: Chip designers for hire, and scrabbling for funding the next processor.
They have had a pretty good ride with Smartphones and SBC’s, maybe they should have embraced open source :)
I absolutely agree with you!
What happens to Arm if the deal doesn’t go ahead?
I think they’re right to fear a flotation - the ROI has been surprisingly low for a company that’s supposed to be worth US$40B… And Arm are looking to raise money, not produce profits just to give the money to investors.
Qualcomm’s idea of users of the ISA clubbing together to maintain it - I guess more-or-less the Foundation model - might raise some money… but wouldn’t that reduce Arm to custodians of the specification?
Arm could open source the ISA… That would probably consign RISC-V to the classroom… but it would diminish Arm Ltd. too.
: Chip designers for hire, and scrabbling for funding the next processor.