PC manufacturers that want to purchase the upcoming Qualcomm Oryon Socs will be required to use Qualcomm’s power management chipsets. This was reported by the technology website SemiAccurate. This decision will increase the costs of the new Arm-soc.

SemiAccurate editors were able to speak with several sources who believe the chipset is mobile power management as well Integrated circuits for power management, from Qualcomm’s Oryon SoC has not yet been adapted to laptops or desktops. These chips can be modified, but the changes will be far-reaching and will significantly increase the overall price of the Oryon SoC.

According to SemiAccurate Various OEMs are unhappy with this commitment from Qualcomm. In theory, it’s possible to buy cheaper, compatible power management chips elsewhere, but Qualcomm has reportedly made that impossible with its own power management chips. proprietary To make. According to SemiAccurate, the company wants to financially compensate OEMs.

Oryon is an Arm SoC from Qualcomm designed by Nuvia. Qualcomm acquired startup Nuvia in early 2021. This company was founded by prominent chip designers who, among others, worked at Apple on Arm Socs products. Qualcomm paid $1.4 billion for the acquisition and wants to use Arm’s new chips in mobile phones, cars and data centers. Qualcomm already has Arm chips in its portfolio, but the company has had relatively little success with them in the PC market. In 2021, Qualcomm stated that the first laptops with the Nuvia chip would appear in 2023.

to update10am: Title changed. It was previously: “Qualcomm requires OEMs to use their own power management chips.”