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Samsung does an Apple with its first Snapdragon X Elite laptop, suggesting the new Arm-based Windows machines aren't going to be a cheap alternative to x86 (www.pcgamer.com)

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Interesting. Samsung making a bold move here, but one that could make sense.

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[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC it's a regulatory hellscape.

Nobody wants to use Qualcomm's chips. Everybody has to use Qualcomm's chips. Through some combination of patent bullshit, leonine contract bullshit, and multinational certification bullshit, your options are "buy Qualcomm" or "yell."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only on the cellular side due to their patent portfolio, but Qualcomm's non-cellular chips such as in this case are still very expensive. Everyone's prices have gone up as they have moved to the smaller process nodes, but Qualcomm charges a premium over that.