Apple, Qualcomm and many other chip manufacturers have long relied on the chip architectures of the British company ARM. This is limited to the licensing of its technology, has not yet made chips itself. That should change now, reports the Financial Times, but only for demonstration purposes. A dedicated “Solutions Engineering” team at ARM, led by former Snapdragon designer Kevork Kechichian, will develop the chip. He is supposed to be a business customer the capabilities of ARM keep in mind.
More advanced than anything before
How Engadget reportedis said to be working on its own ARM chip within the chip industry an open secret be. The design of the chip should more advanced than anyone else ever developed chip.
ARM is scheduled to go public in 2023. The “Initial Public Offering” (IPO) is eagerly awaited. However, ARM has already warned investors that there is a bigger risk of concentration of power could give. ARM gets 86 percent of its revenue from its top 20 customers. Exactly those might be interested in securing as large a piece of the pie as possible with the IPO.
