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Qualcomm Defeats Arm’s Claim Over Chip Design License Breach (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Companies get acquired all the time. Losing licenses is not the norm.

[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It's not about losing a license. ARM's angle was that Nuvia's license was for the server market. Qualcomm had their own license for the mobile chips. ARM's issue was that the chip was developed under one license and sold/manufactured under another. (At least the first version)

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I agree but that doesn’t really have anything to do with what’s in the Nuvia contract. I assume you mean it wouldn’t be the norm to have not transferrable in there.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, the terms would probably be legal, but they'd be so prohibitive that most companies wouldn't sign them. Having to get a new license to key technology negotiated when you want to sell is a huge handicap.