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There’s a very clear bias and idolization in this comment of yours which is based on a misunderstanding of the case at hand. ARM aren’t trying to force Qualcom
by dagmx 2y ago
There’s a very clear bias and idolization in this comment of yours which is based on a misunderstanding of the case at hand.
ARM aren’t trying to force Qualcomm to use ARMs cores. They’re trying to force them to update the licensing royalties to make up for the (as ARM sees it) licensing term violations of Nuvia who had a design license for specific use cases.
The part you reference (using ARM designs) is the fallback if Qualcomm lose their design license.
The destruction of the chips is standard practice to request in cases of license and IP infringement .
- kllrnohj 2y agoQualcomm already had a design license prior to the acquisition of Nuvia. They were doing custom cores back in the original Kryo days which were an in-house custom ARMv8.0-A design.
- bluGill 2y agoThe terms of that license was specific to what they can do. ARM is claiming it doesn't cover some of the things they are doing. I'm not enough of a lawyer to figure out who is right.
- dagmx 2y agoTheir design license doesn’t extend to Nuvia’s IP however according to ARM. That is the entire crux of the issue. ARM gave Nuvia a specific license, and then Nuvia was acquired which transferred the IP to a license that ARM did not extend it to.