Arm sues Qualcomm and Nuvia demands chips be destroyed TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Arm sues Qualcomm and Nuvia demands chips be destroyed By Will McCurdy published 1 September 2022 Semiconductor giants commence legal battle (Image credit: Shutterstock / Anton27) Audio player loading… Arm has filed a lawsuit against chip giant Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia, for breaching license agreements and trademark infringement. The Cambridge-based company is looking to force Nuvia to destroy one of its designs, the Nuvia Phoenix core, as well as getting an injunction against the alleged trademark infringement and "fair compensation". In a statement (opens in new tab), an Arm spokesperson alleged that Qualcomm has "attempted to transfer Nuvia licenses without Arm's consent, which is a standard restriction under Arm's license agreements". How did this all happen The spokesperson went on to allege that: "Qualcomm has breached the terms of the Arm license agreement by continuing development under the terminated licenses". "Arm was left with no choice other than to bring this claim against Qualcomm and Nuvia to protect our IP, our business, and to ensure customers are able to access valid Arm-based products," they added. Ann Chaplin, General Counsel of Qualcomm, responded to the lawsuit, telling Reuters, "Arm has no right, contractual or otherwise, to attempt to interfere with Qualcomm's or Nuvia's innovations". "Arm's complaint ignores the fact that Qualcomm has broad, well-established license rights covering its custom-designed CPUs, and we are confident those rights will be affirmed." The companies have a close commercial relationship, Qualcomm has relied on external licenses from Arm since it stopped designing its own customer cores. Nuvia emerged in 2019 as start-up lead Gerard Williams, an ex-Apple exec semiconductor veteran, who has previously served as the chief architect of Apple's iPhone chips. The start-up obtained an architectural license to use custom designs from Arm, with the aim of designing its own server microprocessors In January 2021, Nuvia was bought by Qualcomm, a rival of Arm in the semiconductor space, for $1.4 billion. READ MORE:> Microsoft takes the wraps off its Arm-based Azure VMs > RISC-V house SiFive is coming for Arm's crown > Our guide to the best cloud hosting Regardless of its legal activity, ARM has been making some great strides in some areas of its business. Apple transitioned to using ARM-based processor designs in its Macs in 2020, and as result, 10% of the global PC market is now powered by ARM. In addition, ARM-based hardware is now becoming more visible in the data centre world. Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have recently begun offering ARM-based VMs to their users, a departure from the X86 processors they had previously used.Want to get the best processing power for your money? Checkout our guide to the best workstations Via Reuters (opens in new tab) Will McCurdyWill McCurdy has been writing about technology for over five years. He has a wide range of specialities including cybersecurity, fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, cloud computing, payments, artificial intelligence, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News and is an experienced podcast and webinar host, as well as an avid long-form feature writer. See more Computing news Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to theTechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1My days as a helpful meat shield are over, thanks to the Killer Klown horror game2Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro: the 7 most exciting new camera features3It looks like Fallout's spiritual successor is getting a PS5 remaster4Micro-LED 4K TVs aren't trying to kill OLED, they're aiming at projectors5Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer confirms identity of new Black Panther1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Dreamforce 2022 live: All the announcements from this year's show3'Go small or go home': HTC teases a new Vive VR headset4She-Hulk episode 8 just confirmed Netflix's Daredevil TV show is canon in the MCU5Google's new AI lets you turn words into HD videos Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)