Apple's iPhone and Mac chip deal with Arm might be the bargain of the century

[iMore.com]

Apple pays less than you might expect for the technology behind those fast A17 Pro and M3 chips.

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[naddy69]

"Amazingly, the report notes that Arm posted only $524 million in net income for the fiscal year that ended in March 2023".

Considering Arm does not actually DO anything, $500 million dollars a year is pretty sweet. They just own the patents/copyrights/whatever to the basic architecture. Apple (and other companies) do the work of designing/building actual working chips and systems.