The newly appointed chief executive of SiFive Inc, a rising rival to Arm Ltd to supply chip designs, says Nvidia Corp's US$40bil (RM165.1bil) agreement to acquire Arm has sparked fresh interest from customers about deepening ties with the young firm.
Arm provides computing chip designs to the entire global semiconductor industry, licensing out technology that powers everything from smart phones to smart toasters. Nvidia's move to buy it from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp would put Arm, a neutral industry player, in the hands of a single chip company for the first time.