This “architectural license” agreement is the core partnership that’s kept Android smartphones humming with Qualcomm’s cutting-edge processors for years. Now, according to documents viewed by Bloomberg, Arm.
What just happened? The long-simmering battle between British chip designer Arm and American semiconductor superstar Qualcomm has just reached a boiling point. Arm has now given a notice to Qualcomm saying it’s terminating the license that allows the latter to create its own chips based on Arm’s intellectual property.
This “architectural license” agreement is the core partnership that’s kept Android smartphones humming with Qualcomm’s cutting-edge processors for years. Now, according to documents viewed by Bloomberg, Arm has fired off a 60-day cancellation notice that could bring that long-standing deal crumbling down.
For the uninitiated, the hostility between these two tech titans that were once close partners stems from Qualcomm’s $1.
