The folks at WMExperts have managed to find an insider willing to speak out more about the issues related to the HTC driver story.
Cutting a long story short, the issue essentially is centered about Qualcomm’s licensing method. With Q., a chip purchase does not entitle you to use all features found on the silicon - instead, extra licensing fees are needed for some features.
Now, the problem is that the ARM core in the current generation of Qualcomm CPU is too weak - and needs the video accelerator…but HTC wasn’t willing to pay the extra licensing fees, thinking that the performance would suffice.
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