Comment by Dwedit

18 hours ago

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.