buckbanzai to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoREPORT: 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 tabletswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1481arrow-down15 cross-posted to: linustechtips@lemmit.online
arrow-up1476arrow-down1external-linkREPORT: 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 tabletswww.windowscentral.combuckbanzai to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square101fedilink cross-posted to: linustechtips@lemmit.online
minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·12 hours agoI could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the “API”, so it would be no difference for them.
minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·11 hours agoIf they use Cortex cores, they are ARM designs. Oryon cores are in house based on Nuvia designs, and I assume it would still require a complete chip redesign if they decide to switch to RISC-V.
I could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the “API”, so it would be no difference for them.
If they use Cortex cores, they are ARM designs. Oryon cores are in house based on Nuvia designs, and I assume it would still require a complete chip redesign if they decide to switch to RISC-V.