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Comment on 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

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Don’t just give the extortionists more money

Or maybe they were just trying to give them a lot less money, and then they got caught at their little trick.

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iopq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Do you know how much money you have to pay to make a RISC V chip? Even less than that, since it’s free

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- Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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- mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  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?
  
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  - iopq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They would need a new core design
    
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418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
By that logic every company would just run on linux. Free to use ≠ free to implement and support.

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- NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You have not read the article.
  
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