Qualcomm (QCOM) disclosed on Tuesday that it is acquiring hardware startup Arduino to expand the San Diego-based chipmakers presence in the automation and robotics markets. Read for more.

Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets.

The Arduino brand will remain for future products as it becomes part of the Qualcomm business. Plus, there's a brand-new Arduino Uno Q single-board computer.

Qualcomm is to acquire Arduino in a move aimed at accelerating developer access to its portfolio of Edge computing and AI technologies.