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Tag: Qualcomm

Apple to drop key Broadcom chip in 2025 in favor of in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth design

Monday, January 9, 2023 5:25 pm4 Comments

Apple plans to drop a Broadcom chip used in its devices in 2025 in favor of its own in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip design…

Apple likely to exclusively offer 3nm chips in 2023 as Android falls even further behind

Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:04 pm4 Comments

Apple is likely to be the only major device maker in 2023 to adopt 3nm process technology from TSMC as Android falls even further behind…

Apple is the No.1 reason why Qualcomm will keep underperforming – analyst

Monday, December 12, 2022 1:54 pm1 Comment

On Monday, Wells Fargo analyst Gary Mobley downgraded his rating on Qualcomm stock citing as a main reason Apple’s work to create…

Apple’s homegrown modems are taking longer than expected

Monday, November 7, 2022 11:05 am4 Comments

For years, Apple has been working on its own modems in order to free itself from the Qualcomm extortionist, but the effort is taking longer…

As only Apple sees growth among major smartphone makers, Qualcomm sees smartphone slump worsening

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 4:54 pmWednesday, November 2, 2022No Comments

As only Apple’s iPhone shows growth among major smartphone makers, citing increasingly higher rates of Android switchers, Qualcomm …

U.S. Supreme Court again declines to hear Apple bid to challenge Qualcomm patents

Monday, October 3, 2022 11:04 am4 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear Apple’s bid to revive an effort to cancel three Qualcomm smartphone patents…

iPhone 14 models have Qualcomm satellite modem, new Apple radio chips

Monday, September 19, 2022 9:06 amNo Comments

Apple’s iPhone 14 models contain a Qualcomm chip that can talk to satellites, but have additional custom-designed Apple components…

Arm sues Qualcomm, in attempt to unwind Qualcomm’s $1.4 billion Nuvia purchase

Friday, September 2, 2022 9:15 am4 Comments

Arm Ltd, which is owned by Softbank Group Corp, this week sued Qualcomm and Qualcomm’s recently acquired chip design firm Nuvia for…

Major Apple supplier TSMC is China’s trump card against U.S. and Taiwan

Friday, August 5, 2022 2:35 pmFriday, August 5, 202216 Comments

If strains between China and Taiwan continue to worsen, the Chinese Communist Party has a trump card: threatening to cut off the island’s…

Ming Chi-Kuo: Apple will use Qualcomm modems for 2023 iPhone

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 5:34 pm1 Comment

Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities, wrote in a tweet on Tuesday that he sees Apple using the company’s 5G modems in…

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Apple’s bid to revive Qualcomm patent challenges

Monday, June 27, 2022 12:07 pm3 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple’s bid to revive an effort to nullify two Qualcomm patents despite the global…

Court rejects $1 billion EU antitrust fine against Qualcomm over Apple iPhone, iPad chip deal

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 9:11 am2 Comments

U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday won its fight against a 997 million euro ($1.05 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators…

Satellite connectivity said coming in iPhone 14 this year, Apple Watch in 2023

Monday, April 25, 2022 1:01 pmMonday, April 25, 20221 Comment

The next-gen iPhone 14 will arrive with satellite connectivity and the Apple Watch will gain the capability in 2023…

iPhone 14 said to get even longer battery life as Apple dumps Samsung for new TSMC 5G chips

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 1:17 pmTuesday, February 22, 20221 Comment

Apple will continue pushing battery life even further with the iPhone 14, as the compnay is said to be dumping Samsung for more efficient 5G…

Apple builds new team to bring more wireless chips in-house

Thursday, December 16, 2021 4:13 pm6 Comments

Apple is in the process of building a new team of engineers for a new office in Southern California to develop wireless chips that could…

Apple said to begin using custom 5G iPhone modem in 2023

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:55 amNo Comments

TSMC’s 4-nanometer chip technology wil be used to produce Apple’s custom 5G modems as the Cupertino Colossus removes Qualcomm from…

Why you can’t natively slum it with Windows on your Apple Silicon Mac – yet

Monday, November 22, 2021 4:54 pm13 Comments

You can’t natively pollute your Apple Silicon Mac with Windows because Qualcomm has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM…

Qualcomm estimates Apple modems will account for 80% of iPhones by 2023

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:02 pmTuesday, November 16, 20214 Comments

Qualcomm on Tuesday said that the company believes believes it will supply only 20% of the modem chips in Apple iPhones as of Apple’s 2023…

Apple loses bid to revive challenges of Qualcomm patents after licensing deal

Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:27 am1 Comment

For the second time, a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rebuffed Apple’s attempt to revive challenges to chipmaker Qualcomm’s patents…

Apple plans to add satellite communication features to iPhones for emergencies

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:26 amFriday, September 9, 20221 Comment

Apple’s push to bring satellite capabilities to the iPhone will be focused on emergency situations, allowing users located in areas without…

Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 13 will support satellite communications

Monday, August 30, 2021 10:43 amMonday, August 30, 20218 Comments

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the “iPhone 13” will have a customized baseband chip giving it the ability to use satellite communications …

These Apple suppliers are likely to profit from new ‘iPhone 13’ models

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:13 pmNo Comments

As Apple iPhone fans pore over “iPhone 13” rumors, investors in Apple suppliers, too, are scrutinizing the rumor mill’s output. On Tuesday…

Qualcomm CEO: We can have the best chip on the market, thanks to ex-Apple chip architects

Friday, July 2, 2021 11:22 amFriday, July 2, 202115 Comments

Longtime processor suppliers Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices have no chips as energy efficient as Apple’s. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon…

Taiwan Apple supplier says global chip shortage will worsen without COVID-19 vaccines

Friday, June 4, 2021 1:14 pmFriday, June 4, 20217 Comments

A Taiwan Apple supplier has warned that the global chip shortage will worsen without a large and timely increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in…

CNN: Apple’s rivals may never be able to catch up to its powerful new chips

Friday, May 21, 2021 10:02 amFriday, May 21, 202111 Comments

Starting today, May 21st, users can get their hands on the all-new powerful M1 iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro, and the next generation of…

Apple’s 5G modem expected to launch in 2023 at the earliest

Friday, May 14, 2021 12:33 pm4 Comments

TF International Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pegs Apple’s 5G iPhone modem launch to happen in 2023, most likely in the latter half…

Qualcomm accuses EU of pro-Apple ‘bias’ in $1.2 billion court fight

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 9:22 am12 Comments

Qualcomm accused European Union investigators of being “biased” towards Apple when they ordered a 997 million-euro (US$1.2 billion) antitrust…

Apple dominates tablet applications processor market revenue share

Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:50 pm6 Comments

After five consecutive years of shipment decline, the tablet applications processor market returned to growth in 2020, with Apple dominating…

Global chip shortage ‘affecting everybody except Apple,’ Android phones face delays

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:50 pm2 Comments

Samsung today warned that there is a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors causing a global chip shortage that could delay…

Strategy Analytics: Smartphone applications processor revenue hit all-time high in 2020

Friday, March 12, 2021 5:35 pmFriday, March 12, 20211 Comment

Despite the response to COVID-19, the global smartphone applications processor market showed resiliency and grew 25 percent year-on-year…

Analyst: Apple to debut custom-designed 5G modem in 2023 iPhones

Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:23 amNo Comments

After years of prep, underscoring how difficult it is to develop cellular modems, Apple will debut their own custom-designed 5G modem …

U.K. iPhone users could be due $677 million from Qualcomm

Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:41 pmNo Comments

The UK’s Which? consumer watchdog is currently suing Qualcomm alleging that the compant illegally inflated 4G modem prices, which…

Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm protest Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm Ltd.

Friday, February 12, 2021 3:21 pm3 Comments

Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm are among companies protesting Nvidia $40 billion deal for Arm Ltd. and asking antitrust officials to…

Qualcomm objects to Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion Arm acquisition

Friday, February 12, 2021 12:04 pm3 Comments

Qualcomm has informed regulators around the world that the company is against Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of chip designer Arm …

Qualcomm intros Snapdragon X65 5G 10Gbps modem for 2022 iPhone

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 4:24 pm2 Comments

Qualcomm has introduced its latest 5G modem, the Snapdragon X65, a chip that’s very likely to allow Apple’s 2022 iPhone to deliver…

Beleaguered Intel ousts CEO Bob Swan

Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:59 am2 Comments

Beleaguered Intel ousted its CEO Wednesday in a surprise move that pivots the semiconductor giant closer to its engineering roots after…

Apple supplier TSMC plans to bury feckless Intel with spending blitz of up to $28 billion

Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:33 am4 Comments

TSMC will invest up to $28B, a staggering sum aimed at constructing a plant in Arizona to serve Apple and expanding its lead over Intel and…

Qualcomm to acquire Nuvia, chip startup founded by Apple veterans, for $1.4 billion

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:20 amNo Comments

Qualcomm on Wednesday said it will acquire Nuvia, a chip startup founded by Apple veterans, for $1.4 billion, with plans to…

Apple Silicon will lead the way in 5nm chips this year

Monday, January 11, 2021 10:18 am5 Comments

Counterpoint expects Apple to lead the way as the top customer in 5nm this year (with all orders to TSMC), including Apple Silicon fab…

Apple has begun developing their own cellular modem; Qualcomm shares drop

Friday, December 11, 2020 10:08 am21 Comments

Apple has begun building their own internal cellular modem for future devices, a move that would replace components from Qualcomm…

Apple to unveil Macs powered by Apple silicon today

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 9:04 amTuesday, November 10, 20203 Comments

Apple on Tuesday is expected to introduce Mac computers with its own central processing unit chips, marking the beginning of the Cupertino…

Upgrade to Apple Silicon could usher in lower-cost Macs

Monday, November 9, 2020 11:58 am26 Comments

JP Morgan expects the first Apple Silicon Macs to significantly drive innovation, cut material costs, and possibly lead to a lower-priced…

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