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Subject: Re: Report: Arm cancelling contract with Qualcomm
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:25:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-23, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
><https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/report-arm-is-sensationally-canceling-qualcomms-chip-license-oct-2024>
>
> 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.

It sounds like a destructive battle for both companies... Unless ARM has 
ulterior motives, like making a deal with Intel or something like that.

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