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Re:Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license by ksec on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:13PM (#41939852)
>If ARM gets upset because someone wanted fixed-length instructions standardized in RISCV that's really the height of hypocrisy.

ARM never said that.

>but not to the value of extracting hundreds of millions of dollars ever year.

ARM makes money on selling ARM design, not from their ISA licensing.

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Re:Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license by starspangled on Thursday October 24, 2024 @11:13PM (#41941919)
> ARM never said that.

Someone did.

> ARM makes money on selling ARM design, not from their ISA licensing.

That's not correct, they make money from ISA licensing. That's called their architectural license, and that is what is being canceled here.

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