HP and Dell Disable HEVC Hardware Support in Laptop CPUs Due to Rising Licensing Costs
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Summary
HP and Dell are disabling HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) hardware support in their laptops' CPUs due to increasing licensing costs for the video compression standard. Starting in January, royalty rates for HEVC are increasing from $0.20 to $0.24 per unit for over 100,001 units in the United States. The article provides context on the scale of this decision, noting that HP sold 15 million laptops and desktops in Q3 2025, while Dell sold 10.1 million units during the same period.
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· 3 pulledThe OEMs disabling codec hardware also comes as associated costs for the international video compression standard are set to increase in January
Royalty rates for HEVC for over 100,001 units are increasing from $0.20 each to $0.24 each in the United States
In Q3 2025, HP sold 15,002,000 laptops and desktops, and Dell sold 10,166,000 laptops and desktops
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