So, while I agree that customers are also responsible for the situation - not buying the cheap stuff would indeed stop the process, - they didn't create it. Just a thought.
There is an ongoing dispute between ARM and ARM China.
But the accusations that ARM China had stolen ARM IP and was relaunching it under its own banner? Those don’t appear to be true.
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This is not theft. It’s no different than the idea of AMD licensing a Cortex CPU from ARM while simultaneously continuing to develop Ryzen. Regardless of the other problems between ARM and ARM China, the IP theft angle is apparently incorrect. Core Power is not a new tech company intended to steal IP, it’s a new brand the ARM subsidiary created to sell its own IP at home. ARM’s business model is designed to encourage this kind of flexibility.
Seems like the original article was a bit shoot first ask questions later, see the new article...
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326617-arm-refutes-accusations-of-ip-theft-by-its-arm-china-subsidiary
The salient points.
Can happen anywhere in many other forms if the firing is not done. Then we can also have cases like Nissan ex-CEO who is still on the run.
It has been between well US educated Wu and ARM. Can happen anywhere in many other forms if the firing is not done right.
I think the real problem here is that a company like ARM can be "worth" USD32.000.000.000
And for what?
A copyrighted instruction set and a bunch of VHDL / Verilog?
I think the real problem here is that a company like ARM can be "worth" USD32.000.000.000
And for what?
A copyrighted instruction set and a bunch of VHDL / Verilog?
If you're going to ask that question, why stop there?
Why are Uber and Lyft worth anything? For that matter, why is Airbnb worth anything? These companies have no product to sell. If anything, they are market makers, which is a nice term for "rent seekers."
FYI - Wave Computing acquired MIPS for $65mil (2018).
ARM is like... in billions of devices in the world? Has contributed in a major way to the embedded and mobile markets, is almost in everyone's life these days one way or another. You may not like the situation (and it may change over time with RISC-V), but this is just so. How much would you actually value that? In terms of "value", one has to consider how much overall revenue ARM has generated for all companies using their IPs. It's probably a whole lot more than 32 billions.
the real problem here is that a company like ARM can be "worth" ...Apparently people are happy to "invest" in things with even less "tangible" worth (I'm thinking cyber-currencies, but art would do, too.)
So, while I agree that customers are also responsible for the situation - not buying the cheap stuff would indeed stop the process, - they didn't create it. Just a thought.
Good quality things are still available if you want them. They just cost a lot more -- like those old things your parents have cost them way back then.
A vacuum cleaner used to be a major investment. You didn't have a choice. Now you can buy one for about the same price as filling your car. Or you can buy a good quality one for a lot more.
Good quality things are still available if you want them. They just cost a lot more -- like those old things your parents have cost them way back then.
A vacuum cleaner used to be a major investment. You didn't have a choice. Now you can buy one for about the same price as filling your car. Or you can buy a good quality one for a lot more.
I disagree. It's become incredibly hard to identify quality manufacturers. Many near-century old brands have been infested by MBA types and try to milk the good name of the brand with cheaper products.
As a consumer it's almost impossible to look at a piece of material and determine its quality grade. You cannot simply take high price as an indicator for good manufacturing. Some product models are created and marketed towards people who simply enjoy novelty and paying a premium.
What they did in the past is not relevant. In theory, the price of a company is the present value of their total future profits.
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Even if you assume they will make $1 billion profit every year, that's a lot of years to add up to $32 billion value.
Good quality things are still available if you want them. They just cost a lot more -- like those old things your parents have cost them way back then.
A vacuum cleaner used to be a major investment. You didn't have a choice. Now you can buy one for about the same price as filling your car. Or you can buy a good quality one for a lot more.
I disagree. It's become incredibly hard to identify quality manufacturers. Many near-century old brands have been infested by MBA types and try to milk the good name of the brand with cheaper products.
As a consumer it's almost impossible to look at a piece of material and determine its quality grade. You cannot simply take high price as an indicator for good manufacturing. Some product models are created and marketed towards people who simply enjoy novelty and paying a premium.
I dunno. I reckon one of these would still be as good as or better than what my mother was using 50 years ago:
https://www.vacuumspot.com.au/nilfisk-gm80b-compact-industrial-vacuum-cleaner-gm80b
In general, if you look for the terms "commercial" or "industrial" you're probably going to get functionality and longevity over gimmicks and looks.