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Qualcomm RISCs, Arm Pulls: The Legal Battle for the Future of Client Computing


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"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." "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. In a pre-echo of the current dispute with Qualcomm, the sale of the StrongARM business to Intel led Steve Jobs to suggest to Arm’s CEO, Robin Saxby, that they cancel the license.

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