Sujet : Re: Report: Arm cancelling contract with Qualcomm
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 24. Oct 2024, 05:40:19
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On 24 Oct 2024 00:28:09 GMT, rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:44:12 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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
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I doubt Microsoft has been working without Plan B.
It took them so long to get this far with ARM, to have to scrap it all
and start again with RISC-V would mean throwing away tens or hundreds
of millions of existing investment. Windows profits are in decline as it
is.