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Yes, ARM sued Qualcomm, Qualcomm won, and separately Nuvia has shipped, 2, 3? times now? I don't know how it's a failure or if the delay were "huge" and "dragged out". It's not like it launched an old product or took years and years and years. 39 months between acquisition and Snapdragon X Elite being available for purchase.

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> 39 months between acquisition and Snapdragon X Elite being available for purchase.

Yes a world of a difference. That’s competing against an Apple M2 vs M4. You’ve given yourself 2 generations of disadvantage.

You’re equivalent of saying the Intel delays were a success too.

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> You’re equivalent of saying the Intel delays were a success too.

If Trump nuked TSMC's production lines the day before M1 went to production, and the production lines came back 3 years later, would Apple ship the M1 on it? Or, the M3?

As you point out, it makes 0 sense to ship the M1.

If it makes 0 sense, why project that idea onto me?

When faced with a contradiction, first, check your premises. (and read your interlocutor's, "It's not like it launched an old product" obviates your claim that I'd also applaud Intel's delays)

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> As you point out, it makes 0 sense to ship the M1.

But that's what happened. Go check the benchmarks. Clearly you haven't. That Snapdragon X that got released (1st gen) was way off the mark.

> When faced with a contradiction

When faced with a hallucination...