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Richard Priday

Qualcomm’s Arm license is getting cancelled and it could have a huge impact on the laptops and phones we buy

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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, according to reporting by Bloomberg, giving it a 60-day warning of cancelation before it withdraws permission to use Arm-based tech.

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