ARM is dropping Qualcomm’s chip design license | Infinium-tech

Qualcomm is preparing to snatch its chip architecture license from ARM. New one Bloomberg News The report reveals that ARM has sent a 60-day notice to Qualcomm, informing the semiconductor giant that it is terminating its chip design license.

This development could prove to be a serious blow to Qualcomm’s chipset development plans for the smartphone, laptop and automotive industry. The current situation has its roots in a 2022 legal dispute when ARM filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over breach of contract and trademark infringement regarding the development of a custom Phoenix core without ARM’s consent.

Qualcomm is one of ARM’s largest customers, and canceling its contract would be detrimental to both companies. Newer Qualcomm CPUs like the Orion no longer use ARM cores but they still rely on ARM’s instruction set that allows hardware and software to communicate.

It remains to be seen how Qualcomm will respond and whether it will reach a settlement with ARM in time before the legal dispute reaches US federal court in Delaware this December. Speculation suggests that an out-of-court settlement may already be in place.

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