The world’s largest provider of ARM processors is in trouble. Qualcomm has therefore started, as announced, with the cancellation of well over 1000 jobs. It wants to meet once again the demands of shareholders and the financial world in general and therefore it is reducing the cost.
The US semiconductor giant Intel is apparently considering to actively interfere in the struggle for the acquisition of the competitor Qualcomm by the chip company Broadcom.Among other things, a takeover bid for Broadcom is also under discussion.
Qualcomm has released its upcoming Snapdragon 845 high-end processor for initial independent testing. The CPU, which will power many of the top-of-the-line 2018 models, shows what is expected of it: higher performance with lower energy requirements. Here is an overview of the benchmark results.
The chip company Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon X50, its first new modem with support for 5G networks.The modem will also enter smartphones as part of the next generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors and is expected to be tested by various mobile service providers and device manufacturers earlier this year.
The US chip company Qualcomm will soon introduce the Snapdragon 670, a new Octa-core SoC with a Gigabit-capable LTE modem.The new chip, which is believed to be manufactured at 10-nanometer scale, will be used primarily in upper-middle-class smartphones.
The big acquisitions between companies are never fast, even less when one of the parties is not completely in agreement with the deal, or has its own plans to raise the final bid. Such is the case of Broadcom and Qualcomm, a pair of chip manufacturers that have been on the front page of technological and economic
At the European Commission, it is considered proven that Qualcomm exploited its dominant position in mobile modems and has virtually bribed Apple not to place orders to competitors.As a result, a heavy penalty was imposed on the chipmaker in Brussels.
In early December, Qualcomm unveiled its new flagship, the Snapdragon 845.It’s clear that this SoC will be stuck in most next year’s smartphone top models. A newly leaked list shows when the most anticipated devices of 2018 will be released.
The US chipmaker Qualcomm intends to expand in 2018 next to the Snapdragon 845 top SoC also for devices of the premium and “normal” middle class designed lineup on ARM processors vigorously.For the first time in quite some time now, they have been using computing cores, each of which adapts the ARM-specified design to a certain degree.
Samsung’s Semiconductor division loses its next prestigious order to rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC).After Apple, Qualcomm will relocate the production of high-end processors next year to the world’s largest contract manufacturer.