Arm vs. Qualcomm

The court battle exposing RISC-V's strategic opportunity.

October 9, 2026

David Harold

Three days of testimony in Arm’s latest trial with Qualcomm have exposed a Qualcomm roadmap that takes RISC-V into smartphones and data centers, a bitter dispute over Armv10 licensing rates, and Arm’s plans to sell its own silicon. Each says something about where RISC-V fits. Arm and Qualcomm are back in a Delaware federal court, and this time Qualcomm is the plaintiff. The first three days of testimony have produced the most detailed public account yet of how Arm prices architecture licenses, what it owes licensees in technical support, and how far its plans to sell its own chips have progressed. They

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