Arm cancels Qualcomm’s chip design licence amid legal dispute
Arm 因法律争议取消高通的芯片设计许可

SoftBank’s Arm has told US chipmaker Qualcomm it will cancel its chip design licence, raising the stakes in an intellectual property dispute set to go to trial in December.
软银的 Arm 已告知美国芯片制造商高通将取消其芯片设计许可证，提升了即将在 12 月进行审判的知识产权争议的赌注。

Qualcomm confirmed the move on Tuesday, accusing Arm of “strong-arm” tactics designed to increase royalty rates for its intellectual property, which will “disrupt the legal process” under way in the US.
高通在周二确认了这一举动，指责 Arm 采用“强硬”手段，旨在提高其知识产权的特许权使用费，这将“扰乱”美国正在进行的法律程序。

Many of Qualcomm’s chips use Arm’s design architecture, meaning a revocation of its licence potentially puts billions of dollars of revenue at risk.
高通的许多芯片使用了 Arm 的设计架构，这意味着撤销其许可证可能会使数十亿美元的收入面临风险。

The relationship between the two companies soured in 2022, when Arm sued Qualcomm, one of its biggest customers, over its $1.4bn acquisition of chip design firm Nuvia.
两家公司之间的关系在 2022 年恶化，当时 Arm 起诉了其最大客户之一的高通，原因是高通以 14 亿美元收购芯片设计公司 Nuvia。

Arm claims the deal led to the use of its intellectual property without its permission, allegations Qualcomm denies. The litigation has shone a light on its complicated licensing arrangements for its chip design architectures.
Arm 声称该交易导致其知识产权在未获许可的情况下被使用，Qualcomm 对此否认。诉讼揭示了其芯片设计架构复杂的许可安排。

In its statement, Qualcomm said Arm’s justification for terminating the licensing contract was “completely baseless”.
在声明中，高通表示，Arm 终止许可合同的理由“完全没有根据”。

It added: “This is more of the same from Arm — more unfounded threats designed to strong-arm a longtime partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates regardless of the broad rights under our architecture licence.”
它补充道：“这与 Arm 之前的做法没有什么不同——更多毫无根据的威胁，旨在强迫长期合作伙伴，干扰我们领先性能的 CPU，并提高版税率，而不考虑我们架构许可下的广泛权利。”

Arm declined to comment. Qualcomm and Arm’s shares did not immediately react to the news in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
Arm 拒绝置评。高通和 Arm 的股票在周二的盘后交易中没有立即对这一消息作出反应。

The high-stakes clash between two of the world’s most prominent chip companies comes as both are riding a wave of optimism around artificial intelligence. Their shares have risen higher this year, driven by expectations that new generative AI applications such as virtual assistants will boost hardware sales.
两家全球最知名的芯片公司之间的高风险冲突发生在两者都在人工智能的乐观浪潮中。由于市场预期新的生成性人工智能应用程序，如虚拟助手，将推动硬件销售，它们的股票在今年上涨。

The news of the legal document sent to Qualcomm was first reported by Bloomberg. Arm’s move triggers a mandatory 60-day period for Qualcomm to respond before the licence is revoked.
据彭博社报道，发送给高通的法律文件的消息首次被披露。Arm 的举动触发了高通必须在 60 天内作出回应的强制期限，否则许可证将被撤销。

UK-based Arm, acquired by Japan’s SoftBank in 2016, made its blockbuster debut on the US Nasdaq in September last year. The company’s chip designs are used by a wide range of companies including Nvidia and Apple.
总部位于英国的 Arm 于 2016 年被日本软银收购，去年 9 月在美国纳斯达克成功上市。该公司的芯片设计被包括 Nvidia 和 Apple 在内的众多公司使用。

Qualcomm announced a new processing chip for mobile phones, the “Snapdragon 8 Elite”, at its annual tech summit this week. Earlier this year, it unveiled a line of CPU chips for a new generation of AI-enabled PCs based on Arm’s architecture.
高通在本周的年度技术峰会上宣布了一款新的手机处理芯片“Snapdragon 8 Elite”。今年早些时候，它推出了一系列基于 Arm 架构的新一代 AI 支持 PC 的 CPU 芯片。

Chief executive Rene Haas has described Arm as the “most ubiquitous computer architecture on the planet”. It competes with X86, the architecture used by Qualcomm rivals Intel and AMD.
首席执行官瑞内·哈斯将 Arm 描述为“地球上最普遍的计算架构”。它与 X86 架构竞争，后者是高通竞争对手英特尔和 AMD 使用的架构。

The patent fight with Qualcomm is due to go to trial in Delaware on December 16.
与高通的专利争斗将于 12 月 16 日在特拉华州开庭审理。