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sonoma95436 t1_j3oy1wy wrote

In a ICE expanding heated gas from combustion is converted to mechanical energy but waste heat is inefficiency. More direct heat to energy would be a steam engine which is external combustion although steam is released which is a waste heat.

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unskilledplay t1_j3ou0l7 wrote

Read my other post in this thread. Qualcomm and Broadcom have monopolies in their respective domains. Breaking a monopoly is hard.

Nobody else has the budget, patience, legal power and scale needed for this to be a sane thing to try to do. For everyone else but Apple and Huawei, just paying the price Qualcomm demands is the right choice.

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