Exynos and Mediatek... Intel isn't doing ARM, Nvidia is concentrating on Switch, Apple is its own thing, so that leaves two companies that make Android chips, correct? Even Exynos is Samsung-only I think.
I guess that real question is, how will this affect Android phones? More expensive if Qualcomm charges more or more variety of CPU/Modem since Qualcomm can't charge more for licenses?
It is not about ARM cores (which is done by way more than 2 companies and not really hard if you license from ARM as even Qualcomm does now). It is about LTE modems and patents.
There is no such thing as a "Android chip." Android can run on anything. This issue is not about ARM chips but wireless baseband modules, which are entirely unrelated.
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cwolf78 - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
Where there's smoke...JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
You know what they say... 'All toasters toast toast'.FreckledTrout - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
You can't un-toast toast.BinaryTB - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
Exynos and Mediatek... Intel isn't doing ARM, Nvidia is concentrating on Switch, Apple is its own thing, so that leaves two companies that make Android chips, correct? Even Exynos is Samsung-only I think.I guess that real question is, how will this affect Android phones? More expensive if Qualcomm charges more or more variety of CPU/Modem since Qualcomm can't charge more for licenses?
peevee - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
It is not about ARM cores (which is done by way more than 2 companies and not really hard if you license from ARM as even Qualcomm does now). It is about LTE modems and patents.Kevin G - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
Intel is doing ARM, just not for cell phones. They're including ARM cores in some FPGA designs.prisonerX - Thursday, October 12, 2017 - link
There is no such thing as a "Android chip." Android can run on anything. This issue is not about ARM chips but wireless baseband modules, which are entirely unrelated.vladx - Friday, October 13, 2017 - link
This is why I'll never buy a Qualcomm based gadget ever, besides Exynos and Kirin are competitive enough.webdoctors - Friday, October 13, 2017 - link
Wow, thats a huge amount of NTD! Funny the max for poisoning a country is only $50M NTDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Taiwan_food_sca...
But ripping off modem licensing agreements can be billions.