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Gaming => Game News Discussion => Topic started by: Legend on Sep 13, 2020, 11:30 PM

Title: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: Legend on Sep 13, 2020, 11:30 PM
Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/nvidia-to-buy-arm-holdings-from-softbank-for-40-billion.html)
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: BananaKing on Sep 13, 2020, 11:33 PM
Whats ARM?
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: kitler53 on Sep 13, 2020, 11:35 PM
holy crud. 
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 13, 2020, 11:41 PM
Whats ARM?
They make CPUs.  Particularly for mobile, and smaller devices.
This is a big deal.
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: Xevross on Sep 13, 2020, 11:43 PM
That's a lot of money.
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: Legend on Sep 13, 2020, 11:51 PM
holy crud.
I mean Nvidia was already in a really good position thanks to their new GPUs, but I guess they're set to become a mega mega company.
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Sep 14, 2020, 12:10 AM
Don't they make the iPhone cpus?
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: kitler53 on Sep 14, 2020, 12:21 AM
Don't they make the iPhone cpus?
nvidia is pretty dominate in PCs while arm dominates everything else.  iphone. android.  tablets.  "internet of things" devices like in smart fridges, smart cars, smart tvs, ect.  

basically if you want any computational device you now have to go to nvidia.  this is a massive consolidation of corporate power. 
Title: Re: Nvidia buys ARM for $40 billion
Post by: the-pi-guy on Sep 14, 2020, 12:23 AM
Don't they make the iPhone cpus?
I think they actually license out to apple.

And soon the mac os.