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Hardware · Updated 11 Oct, 06:18 pm IST

Qualcomm–Arm jury to resume next week in licensing dispute

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Why it matters for readers: It explains ongoing tensions between a chip designer and a chip architecture supplier over technical resources and pricing.

  • The five-day trial was the second between Qualcomm and Arm in two years, underscoring worsening relations since Arm's shift into selling chips.1
  • After about four hours of deliberation on Friday the jury did not reach a verdict and will return to deliberate on Tuesday.1
  • Qualcomm claims Arm withheld software patches and tools and violated a pricing agreement tied to Arm processor designs.1
  • Qualcomm's license for Arm's computing architecture runs until 2033, and the outcome could affect terms for future architecture versions.1

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