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Arm Shocks the Semiconductor Industry by Announcing It May Sell Its Own Chips

Arm Shocks the Semiconductor Industry by Announcing It May Sell Its Own Chips

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Semiconductor design firm Arm surprised the hardware industry on Feb. 13 with the announcement that it will make a server CPU as well as license its semiconductor designs to other organizations; Meta locked in as the first partner. The move turns Arm from a resource for companies like Qualcomm and NVIDIA into a potential competitor. According to the Financial Times, Arm Chief Executive Rene Haas could show the new chip by the summer. More about Innovation Arm plans to make a chip for servers in large data centers Specifically, Arm will develop and sell its own CPU intended to reside in servers for large data centers. The processor will have a base architecture customizable to different customers. More details about the chip’s capabilities were not available at the time of writing. Arm won’t do the manufacturing; like many major semiconductor producers, the chip will be manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). Also, Arm has recruited personnel from its customers, according to Reuters. SEE: Data centers can reduce energy usage by changing just 30 lines …

Qualcomm Secures Key Win in Chips Trial Against Arm

Qualcomm Secures Key Win in Chips Trial Against Arm

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Qualcomm’s central processors are properly licensed under an agreement with Arm Holdings, a jury found in a trial in U.S. federal court that removed some, but not all, uncertainty around the mobile chipmaker’s expansion into the laptop market. A week of courtroom arguments and deliberations ended in a mistrial after the jury failed to resolve one of three questions put before it in the trial between the two chip giants. Qualcomm said the result affirmed its right to innovate, but Arm vowed to seek a new trial. Arm’s shares were down 1.8% in extended trading after the news, and Qualcomm’s shares were up 1.8%. The outcome means the case could be tried again in the future — something Arm vowed to pursue in a statement following the verdict. Judge Maryellen Noreika, who presided over the case in U.S. federal court in Delaware, encouraged Arm and Qualcomm to mediate their dispute. “I don’t think either side had a clear victory or would have had a clear victory if this case is tried again,” Noreika told the …