It's not the direct cost of the license that is the big problem with using Arm. It's bullshit you have to deal with, not least the 18 months of time to negotiate the license in the first place.
Why don't Arm have a standard license that you download the PDF, tick the box for what you want, with a standard cost, sign it, and mail it in?
I don't know, but from all accounts from people who have been there, done that, they don't.
As we can see from the current revelation (or at least claim) that despite both Nivia and Qualcomm having "Arm Architectural Licences" they're apparently not allowed to do the thing that was the sole reason for Arm wanting to buy Nuvia i.e. use the core they had designed.
Why don't Arm have a standard license that you download the PDF, tick the box for what you want, with a standard cost, sign it, and mail it in?
I don't know, but from all accounts from people who have been there, done that, they don't.
As we can see from the current revelation (or at least claim) that despite both Nivia and Qualcomm having "Arm Architectural Licences" they're apparently not allowed to do the thing that was the sole reason for Arm wanting to buy Nuvia i.e. use the core they had designed.