In a major shake-up to the hobbyist and professional electronics world, chip giant Qualcomm announced its intent to acquire Arduino.

Purchase of the Italian open-source hardware and software company aims to deepen Qualcomm’s presence in the edge computing, robotics, and AI development markets.

The deal gives Qualcomm access to millions of developers and extends its strategy for embedded devices, which now extends across hardware, software, AI and tooling.

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The San Diego-based company’s Qualcomm Technologies division said the acquisition is part of a “strategy to empower developers by facilitating access to its unmatched portfolio of edge technologies ...