Qualcomm, NXP Team Up to Develop Rival to Arm Chip Standard
- Venture will be focused on building RISC-V technology
- Unnamed business will initially focus on applications for cars
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Qualcomm Inc., NXP Semiconductors NV and other chipmakers are forming a new company to hasten the development of RISC-V, a standard that could challenge the near-ubiquitous technology of Arm Ltd.
Together with Nordic Semiconductor ASA and German companies Robert Bosch GmbH and Infineon Technologies AG, the semiconductor makers will invest jointly in a new business to promote the RISC-V architecture for chip design, according to a statement Friday.