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Update (Dec. 20, 7:45 p.m. ET): Added statement from Arm spokesperson.
What you need to know
- A jury sided with Qualcomm in a key legal battle over the company’s custom Oryon CPU cores, which power Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon 8 Elite.
- Arm said in a statement that it plans to seek a retrial following the jury’s deadlocked verdict.
- The decision means that Qualcomm can continue to sell products with processors designed using Nuvia tech.
Arm’s lawsuit against Qualcomm over the chipmaker’s custom CPU cores ended in a mistrial Friday, Dec. 20, as Reuters first reported. The mistrial verdict leaves some uncertainty around Arm’s grievances with Qualcomm, and Arm said in a statement it planned to seek a retrial. However, a jury decided that Qualcomm had a valid license for its Nuvia cores — a central issue of the dispute between the two companies.