buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down17
arrow-up1672arrow-down1external-linkREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.combuckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square213fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-25 days ago Don’t just give the extortionists more money Or maybe they were just trying to pay a lot less money, and then they got caught at their little trick.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·5 days agoDo you know how much money you have to pay to make a RISC V chip? Even less than that, since it’s free
minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoDevelopment is never free, especially, if you have to build new knowhow and can not build upon the one they have built at development of ARM chips.
minus-squaremannycalavera@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoIf it’s that’s easy / cheap then why have they not? This is a big ol’ game of bluff from both sides. So, according to you, Qualcomm should call their bluff?
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoWonder how long that’d take, hmm?
minus-square418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·5 days agoBy that logic every company would just run on linux. Free to use ≠ free to implement and support.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoYou have not read the article.
Or maybe they were just trying to pay a lot less money, and then they got caught at their little trick.
Do you know how much money you have to pay to make a RISC V chip? Even less than that, since it’s free
Development is never free, especially, if you have to build new knowhow and can not build upon the one they have built at development of ARM chips.
If it’s that’s easy / cheap then why have they not?
This is a big ol’ game of bluff from both sides. So, according to you, Qualcomm should call their bluff?
They would need a new core design
Wonder how long that’d take, hmm?
By that logic every company would just run on linux. Free to use ≠ free to implement and support.
You have not read the article.