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• Qualcomm buys CPU start-up Nuvia to beef up PC, smartphone performance

  Qualcomm has purchased Nuvia, an Arm CPU start-up, and will use the company's technology to beef up its smartphone and PC CPUs.

• Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G processor for Windows on Arm

  Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G at IFA in Berlin, partnering with Acer to develop a new, connected PC with long battery life.

• Qualcomm lobbies US Govt to sell chips for Huawei 5G phones: WSJ

  Chipmaker Qualcomm is lobbying the US government to revoke restrictions on sale of components to Huawei Technologies.

• US firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in 2-4 weeks

  The US may approve licenses for companies to re-start new sales to Huawei in as little as two weeks, according to a senior US official.

• Apple and Qualcomm prepare for next patent battle following mixed rulings

  Split decisions in acrimonious patent disputes between Apple and Qualcomm left their battle lines largely unchanged ahead of major trial next month.

• Judge rules Qualcomm owes Apple nearly $1B rebate payment

  A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that Qualcomm owes Apple nearly US$1 billion in patent royalty rebate payments.

• Qualcomm launches patent challenge to Apple ahead of antitrust case

  Qualcomm has kicked off a patent challenge to Apple, capping off a two-year strategy to put pressure on the vendor before an antitrust lawsuit.

• Qualcomm: Apple demanded $1B for chance to win iPhone

  Qualcomm sought to become the sole supplier of modem chips for Apple's iPhone to recoup a US$1 billion "incentive payment" that Apple insisted on.

• Qualcomm calls Apple CEO's settlement talk comment 'misleading'

  Qualcomm has responded to comments Apple CEO Tim Cook made in an interview, calling Cook's remarks "misleading."

• Qualcomm: Apple violating court order, despite new software

  Qualcomm believes Apple remains in violation of a Chinese court's orders to stop selling iPhones despite a software update that Apple pushed out.

• Foxconn not in settlement talks with Qualcomm in Apple battle: attorney

  Lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking damages from Qualcomm has said the manufacturers are not in settlement talks.

• Qualcomm to file law suits to ban iPhone XS, XR sales

  Qualcomm is asking courts in China to ban sales of Apple's latest iPhone models XS and XR after winning a preliminary injunction against older models.

• Evidence of Apple switch ruled inadmissible in Qualcomm antitrust case

  Evidence that major phone makers like Apple have moved to competing suppliers like Intel cannot be used to fight allegations against Qualcomm.

• Qualcomm: $44B NXP acquisition is dead

  Qualcomm has rejected a suggestion by the White House that its collapsed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors could be revived.

• Apple not in settlement talks 'at any level' with Qualcomm: source

  Apple is not in talks "at any level" to settle its wide-ranging legal dispute with Qualcomm, according to a source familiar with the matter.