Comment by themafia

1 day ago

Yet their purity brought them no commercial benefit.

ARM got all the commercial benefit once they switched from making chips to providing full designs ready to integrate into other chips.

  • > to providing full designs ready to integrate

    Yes, once the market came into existence, ARM was well situated to take advantage of it.

    > all the commercial benefit

    "All" is a tricky term to use here. They got some. An appreciable amount even. Their business model leaves quite a bit on the floor compared to desktop chips.