Re:Arm says it wants all Snapdragon X Elite laptops destroyed
by sroussey on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:11AM
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If Qualcomm wins, ARM will never make sweetheart deals for startups again.
Re:Arm says it wants all Snapdragon X Elite laptops destroyed
by gumby on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:27AM
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They'll just make different sweetheart deals. The Nuvia acquisition was a great opportunity for ARM to shake down Qualcomm.
Or instead of "shake down", dare I say...strongarm?
Re:Arm says it wants all Snapdragon X Elite laptops destroyed
by growse on Thursday June 13, 2024 @12:13PM
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furious clapping
Re:Arm says it wants all Snapdragon X Elite laptops destroyed
by toast0 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:29AM
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From comments here, it sounds like if Qualcomm wins, the ARM/Nuvia deal isn't the problem, the ARM/Qualcomm one is. ARM probably already doesn't like to make broad licensing deals like that, but big customers like them, and ARM in the past couldn't afford to say no.
According to Qualcomm, they already have a separate architecture license from ARM that allows them to produce their own cores and sell them in whatever they want. And by their reading of that license, they can purchase the core IP they use for that from a third party, and then use it under their existing license.