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A few comments here about how Apple is losing a lot of top talent to rival Rivos, a stealth startup.

What would Rivos business model be? I’m genuinely interested seems interesting to me.

Would they be positioning themselves as the next Qualcomm?

Or perhaps sell a superior chip to Apple at some point?

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>What would Rivos business model be? Would they be positioning themselves as the next Qualcomm?

Realistically speaking, most likely to be ARM, IMG or CEVA type of IP companies.

But since it is RISC-V, and we are on HN, I wont be surprised if some people expect them to give out their design for free.

They could open up documentation and invite others to build an ecosystem around a RISC-V socket and variety of motherboards. I don't know what their plans might be, but this is the kind of RISC-V ecosystem I'd like to see, like early-x86.

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