09-15-2020, 12:36 PM
From my perspective, this is terrible news. If this goes through, I expect the next major version of ARM to have AMT-style back doors and associated vulnerabilities. Nvidia has not been friendly to Linux lately either; if Google fully moves to Fuchsia in the future then Linux support may become sparse. Sourcing also becomes a potential sore point as others have pointed out.
At least there are some slowly maturing alternatives in the form of RISC-V, or even an expensive FPGA.
At least there are some slowly maturing alternatives in the form of RISC-V, or even an expensive FPGA.