Qualcomm Acquires NUVIA For $1.4 Billion To Take Apple, Intel And AMD Head-On

Mobile silicon heavyweight and 5G innovator Qualcomm announced a blockbuster deal this morning, that it intends to acquire NUVIA for $1.4 billion. As a custom Arm-based CPU start-up, NUVIA’s design engineering and executive team brings with it a pedigree of proven execution, having formerly contributed to custom Arm CPU development at Apple for its Mac and iPhone products. It’s a bold move by Qualcomm that makes a lot of sense, and likely accelerates its efforts to expand into new markets and product categories…