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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Report: Arm cancelling contract with Qualcomm
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:55:21 -0400
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CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>On 2024-10-24 2:25 a.m., RonB wrote:
>
>>> <https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/report-arm-is-sensationally-canceling-qualcomms-chip-license-oct-2024>
>>>
>>> What you need to know
>>>
>>> A new report suggests that Arm Holdings PLC is ending its contract with
>>> Qualcomm Inc. which allows the firm to build chip designs based on Arm
>>> technology.
>>> The cancelation notice lasts for only 60 days, and escalates an on-going
>>> dispute between the UK-based chip architecture giant Arm and US-based
>>> chip maker Qualcomm for processors that are in everything from TVs, to
>>> smartphones, to Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs.
>>> If the cancelation goes through, it could upend the smartphone industry,
>>> given that Snapdragon processors power the vast majority of
>>> Android-based smartphones and tablets, and as well as emerging Arm-based
>>> Windows PCs like the Surface Pro 11.
>>> Qualcomm and Arm have been in a legal dispute for a couple of years now,
>>> and this is the latest escalation in a battle that shows no signs of
>>> slowing down.
>> 
>> It sounds like a destructive battle for both companies... Unless ARM has
>> ulterior motives, like making a deal with Intel or something like that.
>
>What I can say for sure is that I am a fan of the architecture for its 
>ability to produce tremendous power while requiring little energy. Once 
>it's time to replace this laptop, I don't see how I would be able to go 
>for another x86-64 machine when the ARM ones have nothing but advantages 
>in comparison.


I wouldn't ever buy another x86 laptop, but the ARM ones are sweet.
Even Win11 wouldn't be so terrible on one, but I'd of course delete
that and put Debian on.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

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Section 1.

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abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
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