Arm reportedly set to cancel Qualcomm chip design license [Update: Arm responds]
Arm and Qualcomm have been in a war for quite a while now over Qualcomm's Oryon cores. These cores are used in the Snapdragon X series and, now, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. To give a brief overview of the situation, Qualcomm purchased Nuvia, a start-up developing Arm-compatible custom cores aimed at servers. After Qualcomm made that purchase, Arm claims that the cores Qualcomm calls "Oryon" are iterations upon those initial designs. Arm claims to have given Nuvia "substantial, crucial, and individualized support" in making those cores, which in effect, means that Arm helped to create its own competitor given that those cores are why Qualcomm will be using fewer off-the-shelf Arm cores. Arm also says that Qualcomm would have needed permission to transfer and use Nuvia's designs.
Arm and Qualcomm have been in a war for quite a while now over Qualcomm’s Oryon cores. These cores are used in the Snapdragon X series and, now, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. To give a brief overview of the situation, Qualcomm purchased Nuvia, a start-up developing Arm-compatible custom cores aimed at servers. After Qualcomm made that purchase, Arm claims that the cores Qualcomm calls “Oryon” are iterations upon those initial designs. Arm claims to have given Nuvia “substantial, crucial, and individualized support” in making those cores, which in effect, means that Arm helped to create its own competitor given that those cores are why Qualcomm will be using fewer off-the-shelf Arm cores. Arm also says that Qualcomm would have needed permission to transfer and use Nuvia’s designs.
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