Opinions - Apple buys low-power chip designer ? not ARM

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Instrinsity has a technology that allows low-power microprocessors to run at higher frequencies.

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Aren't Instrinsity effectively a SoC builder, rather than a CPU designer like ARM?

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Originally Posted by TheAnimus

Aren't Instrinsity effectively a SoC builder, rather than a CPU designer like ARM?

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Not that I can see - it specialises in speeding-up processors, so it neither builds the SoC nor designs the CPU, but optimises the design.

The terminology distinguishing the different roles involved in the development of an SoC can get a bit wooly.