Thursday, July 30th 2020
Arm China Goes Rogue, Ex-CEO Blocking the Business
Arm Ltd., owned by Softbank, has a division specially tailored for China, called Arm China. That division used to operate in Shenzen and it cooperated with Chinese customers. Today in a surprising turn of events, we have information that UK-based Arm Ltd. accuses Arm China ex-CEO of blocking its business, as the Chinese division goes rogue. The Arm China division used to have Mr. Allen Wu as its CEO, who was fired back in June. However, Mr. Wu has refused to cooperate and refused to step down from his position, remaining in control of the business without the consent of UK-based headquarters.
The situation has escalated to a point where Mr. Wu is "propagating false information and creating a culture of fear and confusion among Arm China employees," says Arm in a statement for Bloomberg. "Allen's focus on his own self-preservation has also put China semiconductor innovation at risk as he has attempted to block the critical communication and support our China partners require from Arm for ongoing and future chip designs." It is also said that Mr. Wu has refused to hold an event meant to connect Chinese chipmakers to Arm Ltd. He has hired personal security so no Arm Ltd. representatives can get to him. It is a waiting game to see how well Arm Ltd. can manage this situation, so we have to wait and see.
Source:
Bloomberg
The situation has escalated to a point where Mr. Wu is "propagating false information and creating a culture of fear and confusion among Arm China employees," says Arm in a statement for Bloomberg. "Allen's focus on his own self-preservation has also put China semiconductor innovation at risk as he has attempted to block the critical communication and support our China partners require from Arm for ongoing and future chip designs." It is also said that Mr. Wu has refused to hold an event meant to connect Chinese chipmakers to Arm Ltd. He has hired personal security so no Arm Ltd. representatives can get to him. It is a waiting game to see how well Arm Ltd. can manage this situation, so we have to wait and see.
70 Comments on Arm China Goes Rogue, Ex-CEO Blocking the Business
Basically MIPS is useless for serious computing power, especially in the general computing (PC) & enterprise space so China's best bet is ARM & HiSilicon.Yup, imagine waking up in 2020 & thinking somehow this isn't your fault! Everyone is responsible for the mess we're in, though when apportioning blame Politicians & greedy business owners are likely on the top by a country mile!
I'll give you more examples, in the West especially in the US there are lax return policies & what some term as better consumer laws, you know what people
useexploit them for ~ returning items they find cheaper elsewhere say $5 or even less at times because your favorite store i.e. Amazon, Walmart, Newegg, Best Buy won't always price match! Don't like something ~ don't worry return it free of cost to Amazon, Walmart even after the return period is over citing <reasons> & getting a full refund. Who do you think pays for this egregious exploitation of natural resources ~ your friendly slave labor in China i.e. Uighurs, sweatshops in much of Asia, LatAm, Africa etc.You want to do something about it, how about effin stop buying things you don't need? Stop thinking it's just your money & there's no consequences to any of your actions!
Now quoting FMA ~For your convenience someone is perhaps not losing their life, but sure as hell being exploited in third world sh!tholes because you have to maintain that lifestyle & you absolutely cannot live without the riches you think you deserve! When people say immigrants drive down wages in the West, where the heck do they think Corporations get their (increased) profits from or your cheap items?
Stop putting your head in the sand ~ you are absolutely responsible for this mess & unless you mend your ways or lifestyle blaming just China, the US or greedy companies will not do a damn thing! Yet another famous quote, except from MKG ~The part about everyone being responsible obviously includes everyone, even consumers in the developing world.
Yes, in the end they are responsible for Wal-Mart being successful, that much is true if it's taken in the absolute literal sense.
However.... Some families had it rough and really had no choice but to buy from the cheapest place they could find and Wal-Mart back then wasn't associated (By perception) with China the way they are now.
I grew up in such a family so I know how it was firsthand. You got what you could from wherever you could afford and that was it.
I can promise you if they had known then what we know now, things would have been different today.
BTW this is starting to slide way off topic.... Just sayin.
I know when it comes down to it, China will take all advantage of ARM if they can. The guy that's refusing to leave (To me) is probrably doing it because he was told to in no uncertain terms.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-18/japan-to-pay-at-least-536-million-for-companies-to-leave-china
ARM isn't even on their scanners as of now. I think they see the foreignness of MIPS as a benefit, frankly. I don't think they trust ARM.
You can track their basic progress here, though it is quite dated (it ends about circa 2012):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson