[arp242]

I don't really have an opinion on nVidia, as I haven't dealt with any of their products for over a decade; my own problem with this is somewhat more abstract: I'm not a big fan of this constant drive towards merging all these tech companies (or indeed, any company really). Perhaps there are some short-term advantages for the ARM platform, but on the long term it means a few small tech companies will have all the power, which doesn't strike me as a good thing.

[QuixoticQuibit]

I don’t disagree with you, but I see it two ways:

1. The continued conglomeratization in the tech sector is a worrying trend as we see fewer and fewer small players.

2. Only a large-ish company could provide effective competition in the CPU/ISA/architecture space against the current x86 duopoly.

[arp242]

I'm not so sure about that second point; I don't see why an independent ARM couldn't provide an effective competition? Server ARMs have been a thing for a while, and Apple has been working on ARM macbooks for a while. I believe the goal is even to completely displace Intel macBooks in favour of the ARM ones eventually.

The big practical issue is probably software compatibility and the like, and it seems to me that the Apple/macOS adoption will do more for that than nVidia ownership.