Microsoft, Qualcomm, and several other PC vendors will launch a series of laptops next week that Microsoft is promoting as a new foundation for Windows on Arm.
Overview: Qualcomm chips powering the lineup of Copilot+ PCs that Microsoft has heavily promoted are based on designs that Arm claims Qualcomm does not have the rights to use. Amid its lawsuit, Arm stated that it wanted to halt the impending shipments of numerous notebooks, but Qualcomm disputes the complaint. The Copilot+ PCs will likely still launch next week, but the situation casts uncertainty on Arm’s licensing deals going into 2025.
Microsoft, Qualcomm, and several other PC vendors will launch a series of laptops next week that Microsoft is promoting as a new foundation for Windows on Arm and the emerging AI PC trend. However, Arm claims that the inaugural Copilot+ PCs violate its intellectual property rights.
