buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前REPORT: 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-square112fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down19
arrow-up1677arrow-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@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square112fedilink
minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·1 年前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.
minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 年前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.
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.