ARM: UK-based chip designer sold to Nvidia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54142567

I am sure this is a very big deal to you and those who understand this market.

I am an outsider, and I don’t quite understand the importance of this transaction. Will you please explain why you think this is important??

Outside of the laptop, desktop, and server computer markets where Intel’s x86 architecture dominates, the ARM instruction set/architecture pretty much dominates everything else in computing. Your cellphones, cars, trucks, TVs, DVRs, microwave ovens, refrigerators, ATM machines, credit card readers, printers, cash registers, ... if it has a microprocessor in it, chances are it runs on ARM technology. Change of control for a company with such ubiquitous reach to all corners of the electronic/computing market is noteworthy.

Nvidia's Arm deal sparks quick backlash in chip industry
https://www.reuters.com/articl...y-anal-idUSKBN2650GT