“Thirty years ago, a visionary team of computer scientists in Cambridge, UK, invented a new CPU architecture optimized for energy-efficiency and a licensing business model that enables broad adoption. Engineers designed ARM CPUs into everything from smartphones and PCs to cloud data centers and supercomputers. An astounding 180 billion computers have been built with ARM — 22 billion last year alone. ARM has become the most popular CPU in the world,” states Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, in an open letter to employees. The US-based chip manufacturer has announced the acquisition of the UK-based semiconductor designer, ARM, for a reported $40 billion. ARM is majority owned by the prolific Japanese Investment group Softbank after a $32 billion deal in 2016. Four years on, the Softbank ownership will now go down as an $8 billion stepping stone for ARM in their fascinating journey as the key supporting character of the digital age. The NVIDIA-ARM deal is […]