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Qualcomm forecasts weak quarterly profit, sees faster drop in Apple revenue
Qualcomm forecast fourth-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday and said revenue from Apple products would decline…
President Trump invites CEOs of Apple, Exxon, Nvidia on diplomatic trip to China
U.S. President Trump is inviting CEOs from Apple, Nvidia, Exxon, Boeing, and other major companies to accompany him on his trip to China…
OpenAI secretly developing an Agentic AI smartphone to take on iPhone, Android
Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that OpenAI is partnering with MediaTek and Qualcomm on custom smartphone processors, with…
CIA warned Apple CEO Tim Cook that communist China could move on Taiwan by 2027
Apple CEO Tim Cook was among a select group of Silicon Valley leaders who received a classified briefing from the CIA regarding Taiwan…
Qualcomm adopts Arm’s v9 architecture
The decision at least partially settles a question of whether and how Qualcomm would continue to work with Arm technology, following…
Nvidia invests $5 billion in beleaguered Intel
On Thursday, Nvidia announced a $5 billion investment in Intel, bolstering the struggling U.S. chipmaker shortly after the Trump admin…
Apple’s C1 modem inside iPhone 17 Air will be slower on some carriers
Apple has spent years developing its own mobile data modem to replace Qualcomm’s, which it has long depended on. The first…
iPhone 16e’s Apple C1 modem vs. iPhone 16’s Qualcomm modem
Apple’s new iPhone 16e debuted in late February with much fanfare because it’s the first device to include the Apple-designed C1 modem…
Apple’s entry-level iPhone 16e has a new chip that cost billions
Apple’s first in-house modem chip, called “C1,” which is designed to connect iPhones to wireless data networks, reduces its dependency on…
Apple reveals ‘C1,’ the company’s first custom modem
On Wednesday, Apple introduced its first in-house modem chip, called “C1,” which is designed to connect iPhones to wireless data networks…
Expect iPhone SE 4 to sell better than previous SE models – Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple’s forthcoming iPhone SE4 is expected to perform slightly better than previous SE models, according to Ming-Chi Kuo…
Arm, Qualcomm lawyers grill ex-Apple exec over chip design IP
In a legal proceeding, lawyers for Arm and Qualcomm questioned a former Apple executive on Tuesday regarding a central issue for…
GlobalFoundries forecasts upbeat Q4 results on strong demand from iPhone supplier
GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, has raised its fourth-quarter revenue forecast, exceeding Wall Street…
Qualcomm stock downgraded ahead of Apple’s first custom modem
Qualcomm stock was downgraded Tuesday by a KeyBanc analyst over concerns that Apple will create its own modem. Analyst John Vinh…
Qualcomm’s potential purchase of beleaguered Intel would likely raise antitrust, foundry concerns
Analysts have expressed concerns about Qualcomm’s potential acquisition of Intel. While such a deal could diversify Qualcomm’s business…
iPhone 16 Pro offers significantly faster 5G speeds vs. iPhone 15 Pro
Apple’s new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro contain Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X75 modem which delivers several notable improvements…
Microsoft’s new ‘Copilot’ PCs can’t handle hundreds of popular PC games
Microsoft and its partners launched Copilot+ PCs this spring, featuring AI-powered capabilities like generating images and videos…
Apple modem rollout will take years
Apple’s in-house modem project has encountered significant hurdles, including performance issues and overheating. As a result, the…
Analysts downgrades Qualcomm on Apple modem risk
On Monday, Wolfe Research analyst Chris Caso downgraded Qualcomm stock to “Peer Perform” from “Outperform” as it expects the…
Apple plans to use in-house 5G modems in two upcoming iPhones
Apple plans to use its own in-house 5G modems in two upcoming iPhones, first in the iPhone SE4 (slated for first quarter 2025) and then…
Qualcomm agrees to pay $75 million to settle lawsuit linked to Apple complaints
In January 2017, the Federal Trade Commission and Apple sued Qualcomm in connection with its alleged efforts to monopolize…
Qualcomm better-than-expected revenue forecast; sees strong demand for premium smartphones
Qualcomm gives better-than-expected revenue forecast onThursday as the company highlighted strong demand for “premium tier” or…
Apple continues work on its first 5G modem while preparing for 6G
Even as it continues to work on its own homegrown 5G cellular modem, Apple is turning more of its attention to 6G …
Apple’s homegrown 5G modem project falls even further behind
Apple has fallen even further behind in its multibillion-dollar effort to make its own modem chips with the intent of removing Qualcomm…
Qualcomm axes its Apple Emergency SOS via satellite knockoff for Android phones
With iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15, or iPhone 15 Pro, you can use Emergency SOS via satellite to text emergency services when…
iPhone 15 lineup uses Qualcomm’s new X70 modem for improved 5G performance
Apple’s iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all sport Qualcomm’s new X70 modem for improved 5G performance…
Apple’s homegrown modem project is a spectacular failure – so far
Insanely great, Apple’s multi-year project to build its own modem is not; other than at incinerating untold billions of dollars, that is…
Why can’t Apple manage to make its own modems?
Apple, the world’s most valuable company has, for many years, also been working to develop its own modem chip, seemingly to no avail…
Qualcomm to supply Apple with 5G modems through 2026
Apple’s seemingly quixotic modem effort won’t be bearing fruit in the near future as Qualcomm on Monday announced…
Apple-designed 5G modem for iPhones to debut in 2025 – Ming-Chi Kuo
TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to finally deploy its own modem chips starting in 2025…
Former Qualcomm CEO to lead Globalstar which supports Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite service
Former Qualcomm boss Paul Jacobs is taking over as CEO of Globalstar, a satellite company that supports Apple’s Emergency SOS via…
Qualcomm CEO says he’s expecting iPhones to use Apple’s modems in 2024
Apple will be using its own 5G modem chips for its 2024 iPhones, current modem supplier Qualcomm’s CEO Cristiano Amon believes…
Apple to drop key Broadcom chip in 2025 in favor of in-house Wi-Fi and Bluetooth design
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If strains between China and Taiwan continue to worsen, the Chinese Communist Party has a trump card: threatening to cut off the island’s…
