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Remains 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
by rickdeckard 3y ago
Remains 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.