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

    Instrinsity has a technology that allows low-power microprocessors to run at higher frequencies.
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    Re: Opinions - Apple buys low-power chip designer ? not ARM

    Aren't Instrinsity effectively a SoC builder, rather than a CPU designer like ARM?
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    Re: Opinions - Apple buys low-power chip designer ? not ARM

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Aren't Instrinsity effectively a SoC builder, rather than a CPU designer like ARM?
    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.

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