Arm-Qualcomm Contract Fight Threatens to Upend Chip Industry
- Jury trial in Delaware pits former allies against each other
- Chips at issue are critical components for phones and laptops
Qualcomm is one of Arm’s biggest customers and a longtime partner, but they’ve grown increasingly at odds.
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Arm Holdings Plc’s legal dispute with Qualcomm Inc. is being argued before a federal jury in Delaware this week, pitting two of the world’s most influential chipmakers against each other in an intellectual property case that threatens to roil the technology industry.
Qualcomm is one of Arm’s biggest customers and a longtime partner, but they’ve grown increasingly at odds. At the heart of this legal fight is Qualcomm’s 2021 acquisition of chip startup Nuvia and a licensing agreement to use Arm’s technology.