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REPORT: 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 tablets (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you know how much money you have to pay to make a RISC V chip? Even less than that, since it's free

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They would need a new core design

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Wonder how long that'd take, hmm?