[Aegean]

"However Apple's potential here is hugely overstated. ARM licensees aren't at the whim of ARM -- they knew to sign generous IP agreements that essentially allow them to fork the technology."

Do you mean companies like Marvell have comprehensive licenses allowing them to design their ARM cpu at their own will?

[wlievens]

Almost anything you encounter is an "ARM-based" chip. I'm not knowledgeable on hardware stuff but I do know that ARM customers are engineers that build on the platform; it's not a plug-and-play business.