civa

dr. x said:

SpamSandwich said:

I don’t know if there’s anything to this, but it sure would be nice to see a new breakthrough device from Apple soon.

Yes, I would love to see a 14" MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon and Face ID. Cheaper and possibly upgradeable RAM and SSD or am I asking too much.

I agree, Apple needs something breakthrough!

blastdoor said:

Nvidia makes sense -- ARM is complimentary to their GPU business and there don't appear to be any major regulatory worries.

Another few companies that make some sense to me (and that would be less likely to trigger regulatory worries):

1. Amazon (they are an "infrastructure" company)
2. Microsoft (long history of making money off of licensing; happy to bolster a competitor for x86)
3. IBM (could ditch Power, get better economies of scale for their CPU design efforts)

svanstrom said:

civa said:

Okay, this is gong exactly where I thought it would go. 

Apple announces they are completely switching architecture. 

Softbank suddenly decides to sell ARM Holdings. 

A competitor swoops in to pull the rug out from under Apple

If only Apple had had your insights into this, instead of them being completely taken by surprise; and now is definitely going bankrupt within 3.2 weeks.

Or… perhaps… and this is like the most crazy and complex conspiracy theory ever… Apple… and hang on to your hat here… actually knows stuff, and wouldn't completely bet their whole damn business on something like this.