FILE PHOTO: Qualcomm stated it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes {hardware} and software program for growing prototypes of robots and different digital devices.
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Qualcomm on Tuesday stated it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes {hardware} and software program for growing prototypes of robots and different digital devices.
San Diego-based Qualcomm is a serious provider of chips on the coronary heart of cellphones however has been increasing into different fields equivalent to related autos, wi-fi earphones, laptop computer computer systems and industrial machines. With the Arduino deal, it can purchase an open-source platform with greater than 33 million builders.
The firms didn’t disclose the value of the deal. Qualcomm stated Arduino “will retain its independent brand, tools and mission.”
Arduino is broadly utilized by high-school and college college students worldwide to discover ways to construct and program digital units. It can be utilized by skilled engineers to develop prototypes rapidly.
Its software program and {hardware} is suitable with chips from a spread of suppliers past Qualcomm. The two corporations stated they’ll proceed to help chips from different makers.
Qualcomm additionally stated it can introduce an Arduino growth board powered by certainly one of its “Dragonwing” processing chips that can be appropriate for units equivalent to robots that want computational energy just like a pc or cellphone together with real-time management over wings, wheels or different robotic parts.
The chipmaker stated it is going to be the primary board to work with a brand new coding instrument known as “AppLab” geared toward serving to Arduino builders bridge the hole between coding languages utilized in robots and people utilized in extra complicated synthetic intelligence programs.
Published – October 08, 2025 09:50 am IST