- Arm has issued a 60-day notice to terminate its architectural license with Qualcomm.
- The move could disrupt Qualcomm’s ability to design Snapdragon chips for smartphones.
- The cancellation could also lead to shortages and potential price hikes for Android smartphones.
Update, October 23, 2024 (12:59 PM ET): Qualcomm is understandably not too pleased about Arm’s impactful move here, and is not mincing words about how it characterizes the action:
This is more of the same from ARM – more unfounded threats designed to strongarm a longtime partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates regardless of the broad rights under our architecture license.