# The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating Arm Holdings.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-16 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- The US FTC is investigating Arm Holdings for potential illegal monopolization in semiconductor licensing.
- The FTC probe examines if Arm downgrades or rejects licensing agreements to control CPU blueprint access.
- Arm was officially notified of the FTC investigation this year and told to preserve relevant documents.
- Arm is facing similar antitrust investigations in South Korea, possibly triggered by a Qualcomm complaint.

**Companies:** Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Arm Holdings
**Countries:** United States, South Korea, United Kingdom

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