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> including developing their own cores in house. I believe ARM just revoked Qualcomm’s architecture license, so they no longer have that option if they want to
by MobiusHorizons 2y ago
> including developing their own cores in house.
I believe ARM just revoked Qualcomm’s architecture license, so they no longer have that option if they want to run aarch64.
The architecture license predated the Nuvia acquisition, and was the license under which Qualcomm developed their most recent laptop core.
- adrian_b 2y agoBecause the Qualcomm and Nuvia ALAs have remained secret, we cannot know whether Arm really has the right to revoke them at will. It is hard to believe that anyone would accept to sign an ALA that can easily be revoked, because whoever signs an ALA intends to invest a lot of money developing products based on it and there is no doubt that all the invested money can be lost if the ALA is revoked unilaterally. It remains to be seen what will happen at the trial.