ARM: The Non-Evil Monopolist

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Posted by michael on Friday July 9, 2004 @09:02PM from the there's-a-slogan-for-you dept.

yootje writes "ZDNet is running an article about ARM, a chip-maker who controls more than 80% of the cell phone market and 40% of the digital camera market. ARM shipped 780,000,000 processors last year. ZDNet finds it strange that no one seems to have anything against this company. And maybe it is strange: according to the article many would say ARM is a monopolist, but you never hear anyone say 'ARM sucks!'. But then again, why would they?"

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Re:I kind of like ARM by sacmog · 2004-07-09 21:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, I have two ARM's and they don't suck at all. Maybe if they did I wouldn't need the ..... Never mind. Wrong topic. (Had to be said).

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Re:ARM--- by Trejkaz · 2004-07-09 22:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Exactly. Whereas if the GBA had to run Windows, we would be totally furious.

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Is there competitor... by Biogenesis · 2004-07-09 22:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Core?

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Re:Instruction set by October_30th · 2004-07-09 22:54 · Score: 2, Funny

x86 architecture...deseased mutant infected with cancer
Hey, stop it! You're giving diseased, cancerous mutants a bad name!

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Arm sucks! by Free+Bird · 2004-07-09 23:01 · Score: 3, Funny

If you've ever had to program one in assembly, you'll know what I mean. The carry flag is inverted! Seriously, what kind of idiot would design such an architecture?
Re:Obbligatory Slashdot posts by LordLucless · 2004-07-09 23:04 · Score: 3, Funny

I can't afford a non ARM cell phone, you insensitive clod.

Me neither. They cost an ARM and a leg.

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Re:Becuase they are unkown, mostly. by Pedrito · 2004-07-09 23:16 · Score: 2, Funny

Go read up on Sysco if you want one (they control basically all grain silos in the US).

It's Cisco, and they make routers, not grain silos. The grain silos guys, geez, what's their name. It starts with an 'S'.
Authoritative -ious answer: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-10 00:15 · Score: 1, Funny

If you ran Windows, you would be constantly furious. Because Windows is spurious and crashious. The designers must have been delirious. I thought I would tell you this, just in case you are curious.
Ten Lies about Microprocessors by TubeSteak · 2004-07-10 01:05 · Score: 2, Funny

And at #8:
According to their reputation, ARM's chips are endowed with an almost magical ability to run on bright sunlight or the energy released by rubbing a cat. An ARM processor, two lemons, and some copper wire are all that's needed to build the latest PDA, it seems.
Like many myths, this one is rooted in reality, but that reality has changed and the myth has expanded

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Imagine a ... by c0p0n · 2004-07-10 01:46 · Score: 3, Funny

... oh, forget it.

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Re:Becuase they are unkown, mostly. by foidulus · 2004-07-10 02:38 · Score: 3, Funny

I thought he had a monopoly on thongs....
Oh, Sysco, not Sisqo, my mistake!
Sorry, couldn't resist
Re:Not just a monopoly. by jacobcaz · 2004-07-10 09:22 · Score: 2, Funny

"...he finally concocted a bizarre scheme wherein the government would tax the bejesus out of XYZ widgets only, thus raising prices and giving newcomers to widget manufacturing a 'fair chance'."
Instead of just giving up at this point, you should have bludgeoned him with a copy of Atlas Shrugged.