Qualcomm’s Arm license is getting cancelled and it could have a huge impact on the laptops and phones we buy
Qualcomm is the company behind the chips found in smartphones, laptops and many other devices we use daily. But it may soon lose its license to use technology developed by its partner Arm, a move that could have enormous consequences for the tech world.
Arm to cancel Qualcomm's architectural license in 60 days over Nuvia dispute
The chip design firm gave a mandated 60-day notice of their cancelation to Qualcomm, Bloomberg reports. Arm claims that when Qualcomm acquired AI chip company Nuvia - which uses the Arm architecture - for $1.4 billion in 2021, it was required to seek Arm's approval to transfer licenses from Nuvia over to Qualcomm.
It's the latest escalation in a legal feud that has dogged both companies for the past couple of years, which started when ...
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Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct as its license is terminated due to 'repeated material breaches of Arm's license agreement'"Following Qualcomm's repeated material breaches of Arm's license agreement, Arm is left with no choice but to take formal ...
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