[GianFabien]

Considering that Intel had been an ARM licencee in the past, it would appear that they are attempting to leapfrog the ARM RISC space by going to RISC-V.

There are many who see RISC-V as being an attractive alternative to ARM. Especially when you consider the opportunities to extend the instruction set to support niche application domains.

[GregarianChild]

I imagine that the real reason is not the attractiveness of the ISA, but the commercial danger of NVidia gaining control over Arm IP.

[zibzab]

That would make much more sense if the buyer was qualcomm.

[GregarianChild]

Who says that Qualcomm are not also trying to do something in the RISCV space?

[unanswered]

Based on LinkedIn searches, Qualcomm disbanded their general-purpose silicon IP division in Raleigh/Durham before the pandemic. So the question is, have they acquihired a team elsewhere to replace them, perhaps with more RISC-V knowledge? If not, you can infer they probably aren't seriously competing in this space.

[GregarianChild]

LinkedIn is always interesting, I agree.

For example, what is cloud guy like Larry Wikelius doing at a wireless processor company like Qualcomm?