Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 10, 2014 4:50 am wrote:
> carop (carop.delete@this.somewhere.org) on August 10, 2014 2:01 am wrote:
> > >
> > > AMD has already announced a custom ARM64 server core for 2016, so yes it will be like
> > > one of those little companies such as Broadcomm designing Haswell-class server CPUs.
> > >
> >
> > It is a bit misleading to label Broadcom as a little company. They
> > are one of the top 10 semiconductor companies by revenue:
> >
> > http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/MediaTek-AMD-And-SK-Hynixs-1H14-Sales-Surge-By-20/
> >
> > They have a number of MIPS based processors that are used in their data networking and wireless
> > equipment. Their custom ARMv8 core appears to build on the XLP CPU which is 4-context 4-issue.
>
> Apple, QC, Samsung, AMD, Broadcomm, Cavium or NVidia are all doing custom ARM64 cores, and
> yeah Alberto is absolutely correct in claiming these are all "very little companies"...
>
> /sarcasm
>
> Wilco
>
>

Are you sure about AMD?
As to Samsung, according to my understanding it is likely, but not yet confirmed.