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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 05:46:46 -0700 Subject: Re: [ARM] Nvidia to buy ARM Thread-Topic: [ARM] Nvidia to buy ARM Thread-Index: AdaJzSWLx5QXjHahR6+6xqpKhz15DQ== Message-ID: References: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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I fear that the even playing field and healthy competition between independent chip manufacturers will slowly be replaced by a Nvidia-centric model. While ARM as an architecture probably isn't going away in the next 50 years - I have to wonder if this will push vendors towards alternatives: MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, x86, etc. RISC-V, being an open standard, could be rather interesting as an alternative. Although, I'm not sure that it makes commercial sense when ready and proven alternatives like MIPS exist. -Jason White --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .