Qualcomm initiates global anti-trust complaint about Arm

Qualcomm has initiated anti-competitive complaints against Arm in the US, Korea and Europe, reports Bloomberg.

By David Manners, ElectronicsWeekly | March 26, 2025

Qualcomm is alleging that after 35 years of running an open licensing operation which is open to all and in which all  its licensees are treated equally, Arm is now restricting access to its technology in order to make chips in competition with its licensees.

Qualcomm argues that  Arm’s business model, which promoted competition in the chip industry and created a widespread reliance on Arm technology, is in the process of being transformed into an anti-competitive model favouring Arm..

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