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FuriouslyAdrift ◴[] No.45772467[source]
AMD has been making ARM chips for a long time (they bought Xilinx and have been an ARM licensee for forever). This is just their first APU (graphics plus cpu) with an ARM core as the CPU.

https://www.amd.com/en/products/adaptive-socs-and-fpgas/soc....

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strangattractor ◴[] No.45773956[source]
Maybe it would be better for them to enter the Risc-V market. My working thesis is that SoftBank had milked the Arm cow dry. That is why they took it public to pawn the dregs off onto the retail investor. Paying for an Arm license is wasted money and akin to paying for an OS these days.
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1. klelatti ◴[] No.45774595[source]
> The chip is expected to power future Microsoft Surface products scheduled for release in 2026.

They would have to persuade MS to create Windows for RISC-V in this case.