Eminyakeni emine ngemuva kokuthenga i-ARM (inkampani yaseBrithani) ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-32.000, inkampani enkulu yaseJapan iSoftbank isanda kuqinisekisa ukuthengiswa kwe-ARM enkampanini yaseMelika i-NVIDIA ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-40.000 Njengoba kucatshangelwe emasontweni adlule, ukuthengwa okufanele kuvunyelwe ngabalawuli e-United States, e-United Kingdom nase-Europe.
Amaprosesa asebenzisa ukwakhiwa kwe-ARM aklanyelwe ukudinga amaprosesa ambalwa kunamaprosesa we-X86, okungawabo ukusetshenziswa okuncishisiwe futhi kubiza izinzuzo zayo eziphambili futhi okubavumele ukuthi babe ngabaprosesa abasetshenziswa kumadivayisi amaningi aphethwe amabhethri.
Abakhiqizi abakhulu be-ARM abanjengo-Apple, i-Qualcomm kanye ne-Samsung (iHuawei ayisakwazi ukuklama amaprosesa ayo asuselwa ku-ARM) ubuchwepheshe belayisense be-ARM ukuklama nokwenza amaprosesa akho. Ukuthengwa kwe-ARM kwe-NVIDIA ngeke kuthinte, okungenani akufanele, bonke abakhiqizi bama-processor ngokusekelwe kulobu buciko futhi ukuze baqiniseke ngalokhu, kukhona iziphathimandla ezilawulayo okufanele zinikeze imvume yokuthenga.
I-NVIDIA isibe yinkosi yemakethe yamakhadi emidwebo, okuyinkambu ebonakala incipha manje efuna ukungena ezweni lama-smartphones noma okungenani lokho kungumbono wokuthi ukumenyezelwa kwalokhu kusinikeza. Lolu hlobo lwamaprosesa, yize lisetshenziswa kakhulu namuhla, futhin eminyakeni embalwa ezayo ukusetshenziswa kwayo kuzokwanda, ikakhulukazi kuma-laptops, lapho kuya kujwayeleka kakhulu ukubona lolu hlobo lwama-processor.
Eqinisweni, i-Apple imemezele ngoJuni odlule i ukuguqulwa kusuka kuma-processor we-Intel kuya kuma-ARM kuyo yonke imishini yayo, ukunyakaza ezinye izinkampani ebeseziqalile ukukwenza ngenxa yokusebenza okuphezulu nokusetshenziswa okuphansi okunikezwa yilolu hlobo lwezakhiwo. Kodwa-ke, kusasele iminyaka embalwa ukuthi lolu hlobo lweprosesa lutholakale kuwo wonke amakhompyutha aphathekayo afinyelela emakethe.