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The market for this core will be a lot smaller since Qualcomm will be using Oryon instead. I guess Mediatek will be happy.
by wmf 3y ago
The market for this core will be a lot smaller since Qualcomm will be using Oryon instead. I guess Mediatek will be happy.
- rickdeckard 3y agoRemains to be seen. Oryon is based on the IP Qualcomm gained from the Acquisition of Nuvia, who developed this IP based on a very narrow license they got from ARM to develop for the server market. Qualcomm is trying to transfer everything Nuvia has developed under that specific narrow ARM-license to the broad license of Qualcomm and use it for "powering flagship smartphones, next-generation laptops, and digital cockpits, as well as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, extended reality and infrastructure networking solutions" ARM has filed a lawsuit that this was never in scope of the license of Nuvia, the court-ruling is still pending on that one... The related court-filing is worth a read: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22273195/arm-v-qualcomm-99-9999-stamped-complaint.pdf https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22273195/arm-v-qualco...
- wmf 3y agoObviously the lawsuit has to be settled before Qualcomm can release Oryon but at this point they've invested so much in it I think they will settle.
- rickdeckard 3y agoThe only form of settlement I can imagine is for Qualcomm transferring the Nuvia IP to ARM and be allowed to license it back with favorable conditions. Which would probably lead to it being integrated into a nextgen Blackhawk architecture, merging both paths and making Qualcomm a licensee of Blackhawk. But hey, I'm no lawyer ;)
- wmf 3y agoI predict they'll pay the server royalty that Nuvia negotiatied plus some penalty.
- ksec 3y agoWhat this news suggests is that Cortex X5 will be similar to M3 and hence competitive against Oryon.