REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips

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What you need to know

• A new report suggests that Arm Holdings PLC is ending its contract with Qualcomm Inc. which allows the firm to build chip designs based on Arm technology.
• The cancelation notice lasts for only 60 days, and escalates an on-going dispute between the UK-based chip architecture giant Arm and US-based chip maker Qualcomm for processors that are in everything from TVs, to smartphones, to Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs.
• If the cancelation goes through, it could upend the smartphone industry, given that Snapdragon processors power the vast majority of Android-based smartphones and tablets, and as well as emerging Arm-based Windows PCs like the Surface Pro 11.
• Qualcomm and Arm have been in a legal dispute for a couple of years now, and this is the latest escalation in a battle that shows no signs of slowing down.

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 smartphones and tablets (Update: Qualcomm, Arm respond)

The license cancellation could massively disrupt the Arm PC, AI, and smartphone market.

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[Vitali Ortzi]

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 smartphones and tablets (Update: Qualcomm, Arm respond)

The license cancellation could massively disrupt the Arm PC, AI, and smartphone market.

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