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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)

submitted 4 weeks ago by buckbanzai@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You are overestimating RISC-V. It cannot save the planet alone.

ARM provides complete chip designs.

RISC-V is more like an API, and then you still need to design your chips behind it.

[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 48 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the "API", so it would be no difference for them.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 weeks ago

If they use Cortex cores, they are ARM designs. Oryon cores are in house based on Nuvia designs, and I assume it would still require a complete chip redesign if they decide to switch to RISC-V.

[–] mako@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 weeks ago

Of course i will still take RISC-V a long time to be even relevant. But in the future there could be multiple Companies that offer finished chip designs to use. As you said not every company wants and can create a design themself.