News Qualcomm CEO expected to save $1.4 billion in Arm royalties by purchasing Nuvia, assumed Snapdragon X chips would be a massive hit

[tellucas]

The new processors are significantly better than any ARM processors that Qualcomm has access to, and the answer is not that ARM wants to get paid the royalties it thinks it is owed, but instead wants the technology destroyed. That is the story that needs to be taken away from this lawsuit, and where the judge and or jury should be looking at to see which side to support in their findings.

These designs do not infringe on ARM patents. Their argument is that they should get higher royalties for them. But their solution is to destroy technology instead.

Qualcomm has jealously defended their licensing model when dealing with the phone manufacturers, why are they bent out of shape when their upline, ARM decides to do the same. They should of just cut the check and focus on making profits with the newly acquired designs.

 

[cyrusfox]

Why do you think that would've changed anything, here?

Nvidia’s legal team has a proven track record of robustly defending its technologies, like CUDA, which commands significant respect in the industry. With their capital and experience, Nvidia ARM subsidiary would be better positioned to navigate issues around ARM’s IP, as well as I believe this alone would act as a deterrent to this situation.

Jury is deliberating, see how it lands, Qualcomm claiming only 1% infringement...

 

[bluvg]

That sort of thing only happens like once per decade, with the last time probably being when Apple bought PA Semi (which was building PowerPC cores, not ARM cores, but still aimed at laptops).

Lots of ARM experience coming to Apple via PA Semi talent also. DEC, Acorn... funny just how long and windy this road is!

 

[systemBuilder_49]

1. Qualcomm almost always wins its lawsuits. The ones it loses, it loses because its lawyers screw up, not because its guilty. Boy Scout Company in the legal realm.

2. Qualcomm hasn't had a bright CEO since the founder Irwin Jacobs stepped down. Wirh such terrible leadership, most of the early employees who made the company great, left in the 2010s ...