Huawei could be cut off completely from chip access
The Trump and Biden administrations banned the export of US chips and technology to Huawei, with the restrictions being adjusted multiple times since the initial ban in 2019.
Currently, the Biden administration is reportedly tightening the restrictions even further, with The Financial Times sugg... Read more
‘Apple wants to replace key Broadcom chips with own designs’
Apple plans to replace third-party processors from Broadcom and Qualcomm with proprietary designs, Bloomberg reports based on insider sources.
According to Bloomberg, the tech giant plans to start phasing out Broadcom's wifi and bluetooth processors from 2025. Apple reportedly won't touch Broad... Read more
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform
The chip boasts 32-bit support, Wi-Fi 7 and other new features.
During the Snapdragon Summit 2022 in Hawaii this week, Qualcomm Technologies introduced its latest premium mobile platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform will define a new standard for connected... Read more
Qualcomm avoids billion-euro fine, antitrust saga ends
Qualcomm avoids an antitrust fine of nearly €1 billion. The fine was recently cancelled, but the European Commission had the opportunity to appeal. It's since become clear that the Commission will rest its case.
The European Commission charged Qualcomm in 2018. The chipmaker appealed and got ... Read more
Arm sues Qualcomm for patent infringement
Arm sued Qualcomm for a breach of contractual obligations and patent infringements. The dispute was caused by the 2021 acquisition of chip startup Nuvia.
According to Arm, chip manufacturer Qualcomm committed a breach of contract by attempting to transfer Nuvia's Arm licenses without permission... Read more
‘Qualcomm avoids billion-euro fine, prosecutors bury hatchet’
Insiders say European regulators are unlikely to appeal the cancellation of a billion-euro fine for Qualcomm.
Qualcomm received a billion-euro fine from the European Commission in 2018. Qualcomm allegedly bribed Apple between 2011 and 2015. In exchange, Apple exclusively processed Qualcomm chips... Read more
‘Qualcomm plans return to server chip market’
Qualcomm wants to become less dependent on its processors for smartphones and is therefore going to refocus on the production of server processors.
This according to sources of Bloomberg. Qualcomm recently posted disappointing results and saw its sales of smartphone processors in particular fall... Read more
Former Qualcomm VP indicted for multi-million dollar fraud scheme
Karim Arabi, the former vice president of research and development at Qualcomm, faces fraud charges for the sale of his startup to Qualcomm. Arabi allegedly developed and monetized Qualcomm's intellectual property while employed by the chip giant. His startup was sold in 2015 for €145 million ($1... Read more
Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries sign billion-euro chip production deal
GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm extended their cooperation. GlobalFoundries' will produce chips for Qualcomm until at least 2028. According to the organizations, the deal is worth billions of euros.
GlobalFoundries is a foundry. Foundries invest in factories and equipment to produce customers' chip... Read more
Smartphone chip sales drop due to economic conditions
Smartphones processor sales are down. Major manufacturers Qualcomm and Samsung reported disappointing quarterly results.
Qualcomm warned of a decline in smartphone processors sales during the presentation of its third fiscal quarter. Qualcomm attributes the decline to economic circumstances, inc... Read more