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Report: Apple Pays Less Than 30 Cents in Royalties to Arm Per Chip (www.macrumors.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Apple was one of the founding investors in ARM in the early 90s. One of the first big ARM products available to the public was the Apple Newton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They also probably sell more ARM chips than anyone, so they make it up in quantity--ARM is still doing well with what they get from them. I wish I made something that Apple would pay me 30 cents for and put into literally every product they make.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ARM and Apple also just signed a deal to extend the license until 2040 under current terms, so if ARM really wanted more royalties they could've pushed for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

On the other hand, why would ARM want to kill the golden goose? Apple really brought ARM into the mainstream in a big way, and showed that its capabilities weren’t limited to low powered mobile devices.