Arm Holdings faces US antitrust probe over chip tech
The FTC is investigating Arm Holdings for potential illegal monopolization of the chip market. Regulators are reviewing the firm's licensing of CPU blueprints.
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Arm Holdings faces a Federal Trade Commission antitrust probe into its semiconductor licensing practices, Bloomberg News reported Friday evening. The investigation assesses if the firm illegally monopolizes the CPU blueprint market by downgrading licensing agreements for specific partners. Regulatory pressure threatens the royalty-based revenue model Arm uses with major clients like NVIDIA CORP and APPLE INC.
