ARM Cancels Qualcomm's License and Issues 60 Days Notice

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ARM has cancelled Qualcomm's license to use the ARM ISA after violating ARM's license terms. Qualcomm attempted to transfer Nuvia's ARM server license and IP to ARM, but ARM refused to accept the transfer. ARM has issued a 60-day notice to Qualcomm to cease using the ARM ISA.

This comes as a shock to most users but Qualcomm has decided to clean slate design with their X Elite design aka Oryon Core which debuted in their mobile platform with Snapdragon 8 Gen Elite. It was marketed as Apple M series competitor with low power and high performance design. Qualcomm did say ARM is trying to strong arm their Long time partner

Excerpts from Qualcomm:

This is more of the same from Arm - more unfounded threats designed to strong arm a longtime partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates regardless of the broad rights under our architecture license. With a trial fast approaching in December, Arm's desperate ploy appears to be an attempt to disrupt the legal process, and its claim for termination is completely baseless. We are confident that Qualcomm's rights under its agreement with Arm will be affirmed. Arm’s anti-competitive conduct will not be tolerated

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