Comments on: End of an era at ARM, as CEO Warren East retires http://gigaom.com/2013/03/19/end-of-an-era-at-arm-as-ceo-warren-east-retires/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nicholas http://gigaom.com/2013/03/19/end-of-an-era-at-arm-as-ceo-warren-east-retires/#comment-1321246 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:06:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621815#comment-1321246 In the mid-1990s it became apparent to me how powerful a business ARM had. The future of computing was lighter in weight with Cobalt Cubes and Psion Netbooks soon to arrive. It is difficult to see how somebody could have managed that transition to the future better!

Good luck.

]]> By: realjjj http://gigaom.com/2013/03/19/end-of-an-era-at-arm-as-ceo-warren-east-retires/#comment-1321200 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:06:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=621815#comment-1321200 ARM is not that safe in mobile, they need to decide if and how they fight consolidation. There is a fine line they need to walk to keep a balance between those that invest a lot to develop their own computing units for the SoC and those that just license them.
There are a bunch of computing units in a SoC that they could license (including the modem) and more of them ahead so we’ll have to see if they go for that and how they avoid harming the ones spending a lot to develop their own solutions to keep diversity alive in the ecosystem.
You also got the process wall that might be a problem soon enough and wearable devices that are a challenge requiring lower power yet acceptable perf.
The new CEO will have to earn his pay ,plenty of problems to not get bored.

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