REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips, which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy ...
Qualcomm's massive Snapdragon chip empire could be under threat with Arm Holdings PLC killing their partnership with the firm.
Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business
Any company that makes Arm chips must license technology from Arm Holdings plc, the British company that develops the instruction set. Companies can license the instruction set and create their own CPU designs or license one of Arm's ready-made Cortex CPU core designs to incorporate into their own chips.
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 cancels Qualcomm's license to use its chip design standards
Arm has taken its feud with Qualcomm to the next level, two years after filing a lawsuit against its former close partner. According to Bloomberg, the British semiconductor company has canceled the architecture license allowing Qualcomm to use its intellectual property and standards for chip design.
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.
Qualcomm responds to Arm scrapping license agreement to design chips based on its technology
Arm has reportedly scrapped its license with Qualcomm, which granted the company the right to design chips based on Arm technology standards.
In a shocking move, Arm cancels Qualcomm's license to manufacture Snapdragon chips
This "architectural license" agreement has been the cornerstone of the partnership that has kept Android smartphones humming with Qualcomm's cutting-edge processors for years. Now, according to
Arm is reportedly cancelling Qualcomm's chip licence but it probably won't stop Snapdragon X 'AI' PCs from being made
Arm has finally thrown its toys and given 60 days notice that it intends to cancel Qualcomm's licence to produce chips based on Arm technology. So says Bloomberg, which claims to have seen Arm documents detailing the move.
Qualcomm’s license battle with Arm puts many AI-enabled Copilot+ PCs in peril
As PCs, smartphones, and automobiles acquire more AI capabilities, the increasingly powerful Snapdragon Elite platform is supposed to be Qualcomm’s big move into those arenas. Now the dispute with Arm,
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Arm and Qualcomm's conflict give x86 camp an edge
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Qualcomm faces crisis that could strike at the very heart of Android phones (Updated)
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Qualcomm: License Dispute Will Pass
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