Of course not. ARM architecture is a closed-source project, and intellectual property rights are protected all over the world. Therefore, if you don't get the authorization from ARM, you won't get the complete language code at first. Even if other manufacturers provide it to you, if you forcibly use ARM architecture, you will be punished for being unable to take care of yourself. And the cost is far more than that. If not authorized by the ARM architecture, the author will summarize the consequences.
Consequences of forced use without the authorization of ARM company
1. will be sued by the whole world, and will be punished to the point that life cannot take care of itself.
This is easy to understand. This is an era of economic globalization, and patents are being protected all over the world. Therefore, as long as you use the instruction set or architecture of ARM, you must obtain the authorization of the other party, otherwise ARM will sue all over the world, and your products will not be sold. Just like the 20 18 patent war between Qualcomm and Apple, who wins and who loses, doesn't it all end in compromise? Therefore, patent is really a very profitable thing. ARM, an obvious rogue, is not much better than Qualcomm.
2. It will not be supported by the latest instruction set architecture.
The instruction set of ARM is not always upgraded, just like the processor, it is also upgraded slowly. The new architecture system of each generation will be greatly improved compared with the previous generation. And each generation of architecture system needs to be re-authorized to use. For example, the latest ARM instruction set architecture is ARM V8 architecture, and many chip manufacturers around the world, including Huawei, have obtained the permanent authorization of the instruction set. If these ARMs release the latest ARMv9 instruction set architecture, chip manufacturers must re-authorize it if they want to use it.
There is no chip foundry to produce chips for you.
As we all know, chip production in mobile phone field is monopolized by several semiconductor manufacturers, such as TSMC in Taiwan Province and Samsung in South Korea. As long as these manufacturers contract to produce chips based on ARM architecture, they must obtain authorization from ARM, otherwise they will be sued by ARM or even deprived of the right to use the architecture. So which semiconductor manufacturers are willing to take such risks? Therefore, without a semiconductor company to produce it for you, your chip can only be an armchair strategist.
So is there any way to skip ARM now?
The answer is yes, that is the famous RISC-V instruction set architecture, which is a completely open source project and protected by international open source organizations. In other words, everyone and all vendors can get the source code of this instruction set architecture for design. At present, this architecture system has a great influence on ARM.
However, this instruction set architecture is not without defects. The biggest defect is that the whole system is still weak and its functions are not perfect. Moreover, at present, Android systems are all products based on ARM architecture, which is not friendly to RISC-V instruction set architecture.
However, according to many sources, Huawei has been studying RISC-v instruction set architecture for a long time. In the future, it will not be ruled out to switch to RISC-V architecture to design chips in the case of being banned by ARM, and adopt its own HarmonyOS system to support this instruction set. This is not impossible, and if the situation develops like this, it will greatly enhance the development of RISC-V, and it is very likely to compete with ARM architecture in the future.
It's no use talking too much. You didn't apply for a patent to prevent others from using it. If you apply for a patent and it is not used by others, then you have violated certain laws and can be considered invalid. Can you see if there is such a patent in history that is not used by others? So refusing to use a product can only be an act of the government, and only a powerful government like the United States can do such a thing. Because you don't listen to him in this place, he will always find a place to punish you, which is why you should listen to him. If you insist on not listening to him, there is nothing he can do, such as Iran and North Korea. Therefore, it is impossible to have the situation mentioned by the subject in business. Suppose there is an embargo that does not record the loss of commercial interests. Then the other party can naturally completely ignore your intellectual property rights, such as smuggling and piracy. At best, it is not so free to use. For example, CPU, Intel and AMD are not sold to us. At least the existing stock can support us for five years, but we can't play the most popular games. If we are dying because we can't play the latest games, we must be potential traitors. Be careful. I believe that in these five difficult years, China will definitely catch up completely and then fight to the death in the world market. Since they can do this to China, they can certainly do this to others. Others are not fools, and they will certainly hold the market of China products, thus having more choices and avoiding being blackmailed.
ARM architecture is a "closed source" business architecture. If it is illegally used, it may cause very serious consequences, far more serious than the consequences of ARM terminating its business dealings with Huawei. Let's talk about it in detail.
1 and the authorization mechanism of ARM
ARM is the world's leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP). 95% of the world's smartphones and tablets use ARM architecture. ARM was originally a British company and was acquired by Japan's Softbank in 2007. ARM provides three different external authorization mechanisms:
1) instruction set authorization
Bought the instruction set of ARM, and then researched and designed the chip. The ARM architecture can be greatly modified, and even the ARM instruction set can be expanded or reduced, as long as the self-designed processor is compatible with the ARM instruction set. For example, Apple's A-series processors extend the swift architecture on the basis of ARM architecture.
At present, ARM has more than 1000 licenses and 320 partners, but only 15 authorized purchase instruction sets. Huawei's ARMv8 is a perpetual license to purchase the instruction set license of ARM.
2)IP authorization (kernel level authorization)
For the authorization of ARM's IP core, the image is that buying chip drawings is equivalent to building a house and giving design drawings. As for what building materials are used and how many steel bars are used, this is not included.
3) Use hierarchical authorization
Using hierarchical authorization is the lowest level of authorization. You only need to buy the encapsulated ARM processor core and embed the IP designed by ARM into your own design. You can't change other people's IP. It is equivalent to building a house, giving the renderings, detailing the detailed design of the pipes to the room, the material of the walls, the specific dimensions, etc., and affixing the label "ARM" on the surface of the chip.
2. Huawei's ARMv8 permanent license.
Huawei purchased the permanent license of ARMv8 as early as 20 13, which belongs to the instruction set license. Therefore, Huawei can develop its own architecture without the designed IP core provided by ARM, as long as it is compatible with the instruction set of ARM.
If Huawei independently designs a processor based on the ARMv8 instruction set and has complete property rights, it will not be restricted by the US ban. According to online news, the 64-core Kunpeng 920 server processor released by Huawei at the end of last year is an independent architecture based on the ARMv8 instruction set.
ARM's interruption of business dealings with Huawei has little impact on Huawei in the short term. However, in the long run, it will still have a certain impact. With the continuous development and iteration of technology, ARM will launch ARMv9 in 2020. Huawei may not be able to obtain the latest license, which leads to the stagnation of chip performance improvement and the lack of competitiveness of high-end chips, posing an "insurmountable" challenge to Huawei's business.
In short, if you use the ARM architecture chip, you must obtain the corresponding authorization, and obtain different authorization modes according to the strength of the manufacturer. Huawei has obtained the permanent authorization of ARMv8 and will not be affected by the "ban" in the short term. For Huawei, if it can't use ARM chips, it can switch to RISC-V open source architecture, but it faces two major problems: "performance" and "ecology".
All patents are legal protection for innovation and invention, and patents also disclose the content of the invention.
Compulsory use of patents often happens, including the United States, which flaunts itself as the god of intellectual property protection. Especially in the method of invention, even if the method of patent protection is adopted, it is difficult to prove. Moreover, because the contents involved in invention patents are often interrelated and interpenetrating, experts can't tell who has infringed on whose rights, and finally everyone reconciled. So, if your product doesn't need to be made public, you can also use other people's inventions by force.
Also, there is no intellectual property protection treaty in your area, which can be used compulsorily.
If ARM architecture and standards are forcibly used, its products can only be used and closed, or located in closed areas or markets. Because chips such as processors must have a minimum architecture and instruction set, manufacturers must disclose them to users. As long as the product is open, it is clear at a glance whether you have used ARM architecture and standards. Since China has signed an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights after its accession to the WTO, the forced use of unauthorized patented technology will inevitably violate the laws of China.
The main founder of ARM started his business at the same time as Jobs. After leaving Jobs, he joined ARM to focus on processor architecture and standardization. ARM's standard layout of processor chips is very early, far-sighted, profound and accurate. The innovation and layout of artificial intelligence chip standards are earlier than an era of the industry. Just like Microsoft has an operating system, the influence of its standards is deeply rooted in the minds of code farmers, and its ecology is deeply rooted and hard to shake. Unless we find new ways, set our own standards and build our own ecology.
China microelectronics industry has experienced so much, we should reflect!
Whether it is a national strategy or an industry association, research institution or enterprise, it is necessary to create an ideological market, listen to the voice of the people, have an overall understanding and control of the overall situation in time, and act when the time comes! Otherwise, it is difficult to change the passive situation that "the foreign exchange used to import chips is more than the foreign exchange used to import energy"!
Seeing this question pushed, I can't help but answer:
In fact, as long as you can hold back the next gossip, hold back, punish ... and even fight on the spot, you can use force. But if you can't handle it or the time is not ripe, it is more reliable not to show "disloyalty".
Or, you take the lead in opening up a new field that others have to follow, but this requires not only that you have enough strength, but also that this new field must be attractive enough to others-ARM architecture (and many truly valuable patents) is such a way, so just follow my rules.
In the final analysis, everything should be based on strength, and it is unwise to challenge the existing rules if the strength is not enough. It's not uncommon for people to be supercilious or even beaten up because they brag too much at roadside stalls, at least I've seen them in Northeast China and Shandong. In international affairs, news broadcasts also hear similar situations from time to time.
You can use it. There is nothing wrong with your forcible use. But the consequences are beyond the reach of a country or enterprise.
First of all, your international reputation has been seriously damaged. Nobody does business with you, and nobody invests in you.
Secondly, you said you were facing huge compensation. You don't have to pay, but as long as your products are exported to any country in the world, they will be confiscated. You can only use it in China, and your products are sold to a domestic enterprise. As long as this enterprise goes public or sells its products abroad, it will be punished. No company dares to buy your products.
In the end, many things are not just used. Here you are. You don't know how to use it The architecture gives you authorization, so you can use it? You can't use it until someone gives you training. BOE bought South Korea's screen technology. If you give it to you, you won't. BOE sent people to North Korea for training for three months, but the output was still very low.
In fact, you can only copy others' simple and complicated plagiarism.
Unauthorized forced use of ARM architecture is an infringement. The foundation of modern society is a regular society. If everyone doesn't obey the rules, the whole society will collapse. The existence of patents ensures people's investment in innovation, thus further promoting social development and a virtuous circle. Of course, we must resolutely oppose that kind of patent hooligan.
The fee of ARM is mainly divided into two parts: the pre-licensing fee (fixed and limited, usually millions of dollars) and the post-royalty fee (floating, charged as a percentage of the chip price, usually 1% to 2%, and will go down after a certain amount).
The V8 architecture previously purchased by Huawei should be permanently licensed and can be modified on this basis, but other ARM cores should be purchased with lisence.
Many mainland companies have received a lawyer's letter from ARM, just because the cracked version of keil downloaded from the Internet was registered with a registration machine, which violated the rights of ARM. Unauthorized use of ARM architecture, just ARM has the opportunity, its lawyer letter can't wait!
We know that Huawei was stopped by ARM. In ARM, it is mentioned that the company's related product design contains "American native technology", so ARM decided to suspend cooperation with Huawei.
Fortunately, Huawei has obtained a permanent license for the ARM instruction set ARMv8, but the license is limited to this model architecture. But in the future, Huawei chip design will not be authorized by the latest and most advanced ARM architecture.
I know many people will think so. When the new architecture comes out, can't we use the architecture of ARM company by force? In fact, the unrealistic experience here is in several aspects:
Of course, Huawei Hisilicon is also developing Hisilicon architecture now. Wu, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, talks about the permanent right to use V8 of Huawei ARM. Huawei can digest its own things and make changes. Therefore, ARM will continue to provide V9, Huawei can upgrade, and we don't have to use it forcibly!
Forcibly using things with intellectual property rights is a bit of hooliganism. After all, it is something that others have worked hard to develop, and it has obtained formal patent qualification through legal channels. Other enterprises need authorization to use it. This is also taken for granted. Any large enterprise will choose to use genuine authorization, and formal enterprises will follow formal rules. ARM is authorized now mainly because Huawei was recently banned by the United States. Huawei already has a permanent license for arm8, so it will not be affected in a short time, but the market will be affected after a long time. After all, if the new version cannot be updated in time, the performance and function of the product may be affected. You can't expect Huawei to rebuild an arm architecture.
There has been a lot of talk about authorization recently. In addition to arm licensing, Google's Android licensing also has a direct impact on Huawei's sales in Europe. With the improvement of intellectual property rights, the awareness of copyright will become stronger and stronger. As far as the domestic market is concerned, copyright is mainly embodied in enterprises, and personal copyright needs a long time to improve. There are many companies making a fuss about copyright. Take a typical windows system as an example. In order to cultivate its own ecosystem, Microsoft is almost free for individual users. Therefore, when using windows system, almost all pirated products can be used, and Microsoft has never been investigated. Because personal copyright issues are involved, a company can be dragged down through litigation or litigation, so Microsoft just turns a blind eye. Let the windows system fully develop among individual users, but Microsoft will never let it go, especially for listed companies or government agencies.
In recent years, the awareness of copyright in China has gradually increased, because there are too many types of products with high imitation in China, but this kind of high imitation will be put on the agenda sooner or later. There is such a big event in the field of sports. There is an imitation Jordan brand in China, which is gradually becoming bigger and stronger. The United States found that this enterprise had fattened itself up and started legal proceedings. As a result, a lot of compensation was awarded, which was caused by a weak sense of copyright. At first, I may feel that I took advantage of other people's brands, but later I suffered. At present, many domestic enterprises pay attention to protecting their intellectual property rights, especially in recent years, the number of Chinese enterprises applying for patents has increased geometrically internationally, which is a manifestation of protecting their own rights and interests internationally.
Because of patent problems, enterprises in China have paid a lot of fees to Europe and America in recent years. Take the simplest standards of 2G, 3G and 4G for example. Domestic operators and mobile phone manufacturers have to pay fees to the corresponding patent companies for each mobile phone. And this fee is calculated by a single unit. In the field of 5G, Huawei is relatively competitive, and both the number of patents and equipment capabilities are among the highest in the world. Countries such as Europe and America, which have dominated this field for a long time, feel unbearable and have begun to hinder it in all aspects. China's technology.
If you are not authorized, it is really difficult for you to get something, such as arm. At this stage, you still have to pay tuition fees to master these high technologies slowly, and it is inevitable to take some detours in the learning stage. After you become strong, you can play a role in protecting your intellectual property rights today when you attach importance to copyright. The rules you should abide by should be maintained, and I hope it will help you.