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.

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.

The chipmaker’s acquisition brings its Dragonwing-powered board and new AppLab development environment to a 33 million–strong open-source community.

Arduino is also launching a Qualcomm-equipped Uno Q that functions as a single-board computer and microcontroller.

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.

Chip maker Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced its planning to acquire Arduino, a company that makes open source hardware & software including single-board microcontroller kits.