Advanced Risc Machines Ltd says it’s looking to get the best deal it can from Intel Corp on future development and production of its ARM embedded RISC (CI No 3,350). Details will be in short supply until the US Federal Trade Commission concludes its investigation of Intel’s $700m acquisition of DEC’s semiconductor operations, part of a wide-ranging settlement between Digital Equipment Corp which includes the transfer of DEC’s StrongARM business to Intel. Investigation of the deal, struck last September, was expected to take several months.
