Re: Report: Arm cancelling contract with Qualcomm

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:44:12 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:39:40 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
 

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.

 
Android is Linux-based, and runs on a wide variety of ARM SoCs from a
range of vendors.
 
Windows-on-ARM runs only on Qualcomm chips, and that would certainly be
in peril.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/windows-on-arm-may-be-a-
thing-of-the-past-soon-arm-ceo-confirms-qualcomms-exclusivity-agreement-
with-microsoft-expires-this-year

I doubt Microsoft has been working without Plan B.

https://liliputing.com/sifive-hifive-premiere-p550-risc-v-board-is-now-
available-for-developers-in-very-limited-quantities/

There are quite a few less expensive RISC-V boards that run Linux but
given the specs and the mini-ITX mount SiFive may be aiming higher. SiFive
has had its problems including an Intel deal falling through. Coupled with
the RISC-V family getting a real definition it could be another direction.