By: dmcq (dmcq.delete@this.fano.co.uk), February 25, 2021 7:01 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Anon (no.delete@this.thanks.com) on February 25, 2021 4:01 am wrote:
> Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on February 23, 2021 3:57 pm wrote:
> >The question is how much could AMD make from licensing a high performance ARM core
> to Qualcomm so that Qualcomm could dominate the high end even harder. Not much.
>
> Actually, I think that they could make $0 from licensing an ARM core. As in, they are legally not allowed
> to. ARM sells a license to build SoCs with your own custom core, not to license that core to others.
>
> Maybe they could do some semicustom arrangement, where Qualcomm "licenses" 95% of
> the SoC design to AMD, who "manufacture" (via TSMC) the chip, then "sell" it to Qualcomm...
> But I don't know if that would give them the legal coverage they need.
I've never thought of ARM as too proud to do a deal :-) so I guess one could could come to an arrangement with them. I'm not sure if there would be any wider implications of such licencing.
> Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on February 23, 2021 3:57 pm wrote:
> >The question is how much could AMD make from licensing a high performance ARM core
> to Qualcomm so that Qualcomm could dominate the high end even harder. Not much.
>
> Actually, I think that they could make $0 from licensing an ARM core. As in, they are legally not allowed
> to. ARM sells a license to build SoCs with your own custom core, not to license that core to others.
>
> Maybe they could do some semicustom arrangement, where Qualcomm "licenses" 95% of
> the SoC design to AMD, who "manufacture" (via TSMC) the chip, then "sell" it to Qualcomm...
> But I don't know if that would give them the legal coverage they need.
I've never thought of ARM as too proud to do a deal :-) so I guess one could could come to an arrangement with them. I'm not sure if there would be any wider implications of such licencing.
