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Azeria
@Fox0x01
This is a big step for both
@Arm
and
@nvidia
. I’m excited to see the innovations in robotics, self-driving cars, and AI research this acquisition will yield. Nvidia will establish an AI research center at Arm’s HQ, invest in Arm-powered AI supercomputer, and a Startup incubator.
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Azeria
@Fox0x01
While many people view this acquisition as problematic, I believe it will bring Arm-powered research innovations to the next level. Especially with a driven and open minded company like Nvidia. Besides, it could be worse; Imagine Apple acquired Arm. ;)
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Madhurjya Roy
@mroyme
Replying to
@Fox0x01
It definitely could be worse, but open-minded isn't exactly the term I would use for Nvidia considering their years of beef with the Linux kernel community and their refusal to create open-source drivers for their GPU till date.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
Replying to
@mroyme
and
@Fox0x01
NVIDIA has done substantial work on the open source Linux kernel and Mesa support for Tegra. They've been much better than ARM when it comes to releasing open source mobile GPU support. It's hard to see how ARM could get any worse than it already is in that aspect anyway.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
Replying to
@DanielMicay
@mroyme
and
@Fox0x01
Qualcomm has also done work on the open source driver for their mobile GPU. ARM themselves doesn't do this. Both Qualcomm and NVIDIA still have separate closed source mobile drivers, but they've worked to get open source support for each new generation among other improvements.
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