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by nottorp 1961 days ago
> Get the hell out, a SILICON chip? Are we sure it’s not a potato chip?

Could be a carrot or cucumber chip, who knows.

> Also curious, I though ARM chips were essentially spec’d by ARM Holdings and you merely bought a license.

No. Or not if you have the resources and will. You can license the whole architecture and modify it / rebuild it from scratch to your heart's content.

Some examples of architectural licensees that do their own thing are Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung...

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... and Nvidia.

But that probably doesn't count anymore.