Thank you for all your words of both support for my idea (and it is only an idea!) and also those against it.
MD thanks for your post this morning and for now I am praying for a $40+ Mil 4C as I missed out on the Ken Shirts! Thanks but I believe you are reasonably safe for now.
I was waiting to see if anyone would have picked up on an interesting fact about PVDM chat to our forum member Crestman!
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"I got the chance to speak to PVDM and I asked him about the ARM partnership. He told me that the agreement was that they will receive $1M upfront for every ARM customer who wants their device/chip to include Akida IP. And then will get ongoing royalties when that device/chip is manufactured on an ongoing basis"]
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Now that interesting fact I am talking about is this.
If Company xyz wants ARM Cortex with AKIDA IP included it must pay $1 Mil upfront fee plus later ongoing Royalty fees. Now forget the Royalty fees for now thats not in the box yet.
THINK about that $1 Mil upfront fee. To warrant paying that much upfront just for access to AKIDA on a ARM Cortex..................
YOU would need to make a substantial UNIT ORDER to make it viable.
HOW MANY units do you think would be the minimum needed?
10 Million units? Plus Royalties later? Sound feasible?
or MORE?100 million units?
10 Million units @ how much Royalties?
100 Million units @ how much Royalties?
By having that $1 Mil upfront fee it has automatically ensured ORDERS will be substantial in numbers!
So yeh, I would be very happy to see just (1) one single Upfront fee via ARM included in this next 4C.
Not to say there will not be "other" upfront fees from a different direction as they are on the cards as well just we have not become aware could exist yet. Plus Engineering fees & AKIDA Boards are still for sale out of Singapore! (note: the only place to get a single AKIDA Chip now)
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SP being supported by a BoT with buying against that selling BoT.
The SP is just being played with really as they wait for the 4C to be released. BUT so far the "Shorters" have failed to create a DUMP.
IF we get confirmation of any upfront fees now, years end will get very interesting.
Yak52.
GLTAH