[2809]

This went exactly as expected. ARM had no leg to stand on going in.

[kernal]

Arm will appeal. Regardless, Arm will tighten the screws on Qualcomm in their next round of licensing negotiations.

[hajile]

This lawsuit scared away any future startups from using ARM technology if they want the option to be acquired. This in turn means that all the awesome new chip IP is going to be designed for some other ISA and that's almost certainly RISC-V.

Meanwhile, Qualcomm's ALA expires in 2033. They will almost certainly have launched RISC-V chips by then specifically because they know their royalties will be going WAY up if they don't make the switch.