Arm is pulling the plug on Qualcomm’s chip design license

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Everything you need to know from the month in tech Qualcomm is the company behind the chips found in smartphones, laptops and many other devices we use daily. But it may soon lose its license to use technology developed by its partner Arm, a move that could have enormous consequences for the tech world. Qualcomm has been in a long-term legal battle with Arm, the company that designs instruction sets and parts for computer chips to then license out to firms like Qualcomm. But Arm is now trying to end the licensing agreement it has with Qualcomm. The source of this whole dispute is Qualcomm’s purchase of a third company, Nuvia, in 2021. Because Nuvia itself had a licensing deal with Arm, Arm has sued, arguing that Qualcomm needs to…

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