I think „scary” is the best word. If of course rumor about choosing RISC-V over ARM is true!
We just saw big win of ARM over Intel's multi-decade scam and yet here we are with another split from ARM, because of politics. Scary to see how stupid, talking people, convincing other people to hate without real reasons can lead to such stories…
> We just saw big win of ARM over Intel's multi-decade scam
We also just saw Arm sue one of their customers following an acquisition of another of Arm's customers, and try to make them destroy IP that was covered by both customers' licenses. Nobody wants to deal with licensing, and when the licensor is that aggressive it makes open alternatives all the more compelling, even if they're not technically on-par.
softbank is usually the dumb money on the poker table, funding bad ideas long after anyone intelligent leaves them. wework is probably the best example.
getting funded by softbank is probably a good proxy indicator for companies losing their competitive edge.
