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		Nokinside on Jan 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia prepares to abandon $40B Arm bid They have bought architecture licenses that allow them full control. They can still buy and use ARM core IP if they want.

uluyol on Jan 25, 2022 | [–]

Sure, but allow and use are different things.

zibzab on Jan 25, 2022 | [–]

Not "full controll". They need to meet a ton of requirements towards ARM.

And many of these "completely resigned" CPUs are nothing more than small (but important) adjustments of the pipeline and memory subsystem.

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