Technology Here's why Arm Holdings wants Qualcomm to destroy ALL Copilot+ PCs one week before they ship to customers

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What you need to know

• Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X processors are set to start shipping on June 18, 2024.
• Arm has called on Qualcomm to destroy and stop using Snapdragon X chips and any processors derived from Nuvia designs.
• Qualcomm purchased Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021, and Arm later sued Qualcomm for Qualcomm's use of Nuvia technology in creating PC chips.

Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X processors are set to ship next week, but there's a chance, albeit a small one, that all of those PCs will be destroyed before they ever reach consumers, according to a new report from Reuters.

Arm Holdings and Qualcomm have been in a legal battle surrounding technology used in Qualcomm's latest processors for nearly two years. Arm claims that Qualcomm has a "contractual obligation to destroy and stop using the Nuvia designs."

The people behind Apple's A-series chips founded Nuvia. Qualcomm then purchased Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021, hoping to compete with Apple's Arm-based processors. That vision is nearly realized through the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chips that power Copilot+ PCs from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung.

However, an ongoing legal battle surrounds those chips set for trial in a federal court in Delaware in December 2024.

Here's why Arm Holdings wants Qualcomm to destroy ALL Copilot+ PCs one week before they ship to customers

The shipment of Copilot+ PCs could be halted, though that seems unlikely.

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