Qualcomm

Qualcomm shares rose more than 3 percent on Tuesday after a prominent analyst said Apple could use the company’s 5G modems in its 2023 iPhones, rather than relying on internally developed technology. “My latest survey indicates that Apple’s own iPhone 5G modem chip development may have failed, so Qualcomm will remain exclusive supplier for 5G […]

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 AR headset already uses Qualcomm chips. So will its future AR glasses. Qualcomm and Microsoft announced their partnership at this year’s CES 2022 conference, pointing to new custom chips for future AR glasses. Future products using custom chips aim to combine Microsoft’s mixed reality software with Qualcomm’s phone-based AR platform. The partnership […]

Qualcomm launched the newest member of its network product portfolio: a module called a radio frequency filter that can be installed in smartphones and other devices to optimize Internet connections. The module is called ultraBAW and is part of the modem-to-antenna strategy described by the company. Qualcomm is a leading supplier of modem chips, and […]

As part of the China-US trade war, when the US government effectively forced Huawei’s subsidiary HiSilicon to withdraw from the smartphone chip business last year, Qualcomm and MediaTek filled the gap left by Huawei. The Chinese government-backed Huawei and its chip design arm HiSilicon are leading the global smartphone business and are ready to dominate […]

Qualcomm’s chief executive said that if Nvidia’s deal with Arm violates regulatory review, and then SoftBank decides to IPO, Qualcomm will prepare to buy Arm’s shares together with other technology companies. “If Arm has an independent future, I think you will find that many companies in the ecosystem, including Qualcomm, are interested in investing in […]