Another report <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/after-40-billion-deal-nvidia-says-arm-will-keep-a-neutral-business-model/>: One potential problem with Nvidia running the world's most-popular chip designer is that Nvidia has a reputation for being hard to work with. If Nvidia wants to keep ARM running as it has in the past, the company will need to rebuild a few burned bridges. Linux is easily the most popular OS for ARM chips, both as mainline GNU/Linux and Android, but Nvidia has never gotten along well with the Linux community. Nvidia has been unwilling to open source its drivers, which makes Linux support difficult. As for a wholesale move to RISC-V: Spinning up a quality ecosystem of hardware, compilers, operating systems, and software is such a daunting task, though, that most vendors were happy paying ARM licensing fees. Maybe Nvidia's purchase will be the push companies needed, though.