Any other info on this little spat?

business_kid · 09-01-2022, 10:48 AM

Arm suing Qualcomm & Nuvia

Nuvia is apparently a bunch of ex-Apple guys doing cpus. I gather Arm is sitting back a bit on the R&D front waiting to be bought over and others are looking for more oomph. The article mentions Qualcomm, & Mediatek. There's actually plenty of Arm chips out there. Ampere stand out on core count, & Apple on frequency.

fatmac · 09-01-2022, 11:52 AM

Isn't 'ARM' a description, rather than an actual physical chip(?).

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Processor IP

Arm is the leading technology provider of processor IP, offering the widest range of processors to address the performance, power, and cost requirements of every device. Arm CPUs and NPUs include Cortex-A, Cortex-M, Cortex-R, Neoverse, Ethos and SecurCore.

business_kid · 09-01-2022, 12:25 PM

No, afaict it's a fabless chip company selling precompiled chip cores of various Arm cpus.

Jan K. · 09-01-2022, 02:46 PM

The el Reg take... https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/...sues_qualcomm/

business_kid · 09-02-2022, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jan K.

The el Reg take... https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/...sues_qualcomm/

Yeah, thanks. It explains it a bit better than slashdot. Building better cores is what Arm should have done. Arm has cracked the mobile market and made inroads into the server market. What I don't understand is that Arm should be making significant profits and be funding significant research themselves. Life is funny.