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Tag: Qualcomm

The strange thing about Apple’s recent hires

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:32 pmTuesday, April 15, 201423 Comments

Over the past three years, Apple has hired at least thirty mid- to senior-level…

Analyst: No Apple custom baseband chips before 2015

Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:01 pmThursday, April 10, 20143 Comments

Apple’s rumored custom iPhone baseband chip probably won’t be ready until 2015…

Apple hires two more senior RF engineers from Broadcom amid reports of new in-house baseband team

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:01 pmWednesday, April 9, 20147 Comments

At least two high-level baseband hardware engineers have left wireless semiconductor company…

Apple to design its own LTE chips for iPhone 7; to be stamped by Samsung and GlobalFoundries, sources say

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:00 amTuesday, April 8, 20144 Comments

Apple reportedly plans to form a R&D team to develop baseband processors…

Clueless companies race to debut stupidwatches before Apple defines the smartwatch

Friday, January 3, 2014 7:46 pmFriday, January 3, 2014101 Comments

Some analysts say Apple will come out with a smartwatch in March…

Qualcomm insider: Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip set off a panic, it ‘hit us in the gut’

Monday, December 16, 2013 10:25 pmMonday, December 16, 201345 Comments

In public, Apple’s rivals in the smartphone market have tried to downplay…

So much for Microsoft, Qualcomm names Mollenkopf as incoming CEO

Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:11 pmFriday, December 13, 201324 Comments

Qualcomm Inc named its chief operating officer, Steve Mollenkopf…

Qualcomm COO Mollenkopf added to Microsoft CEO candidate list, sources say

Thursday, December 12, 2013 7:03 pmThursday, December 12, 201321 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s board is considering Qualcomm Inc. Chief Operating Officer Steve Mollenkopf…

Qualcomm amicus brief supports dismissal of Apple’s FRAND contract case against Google’s Motorola Mobility

Monday, November 18, 2013 11:01 amMonday, November 18, 20135 Comments

Apple is a Qualcomm customer, and patent protection is a key differentiator for Qualcomm’s chips…

Apple seeks to prevent Google from spying on its high-level negotiations with Qualcomm

Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:31 pm12 Comments

new document filed by Apple in its Qualcomm-related…

Qualcomm exec who dissed Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip as ‘marketing gimmick’ quietly reassigned, removed from company website

Friday, October 25, 2013 11:51 amFriday, October 25, 201337 Comments

A Qualcomm executive who publicly dissed Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip has been…

Apple brings summary judgment motion against Google’s Motorola Mobility over Qualcomm chips

Friday, October 25, 2013 11:15 am7 Comments

Yesterday Apple filed a summary judgment motion with the United States District Court…

Qualcomm backpedals from exec’s ‘marketing gimmick’ comment about Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:30 am23 Comments

Apple supplier Qualcomm has backed away from statements made by a senior executive…

Outclassed, 32-bit antique dealer Qualcomm calls Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip a ‘marketing gimmick’

Thursday, October 3, 2013 10:04 amThursday, October 3, 201348 Comments

Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor in the iPhone 5s…

Apple may work with China Mobile; iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C to launch in China on November 28

Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:29 pmThursday, August 22, 20139 Comments

China Mobile, the world’s largest telecom carrier by subscriber numbers…

New iPhone, 4G technology may mean Apple, China Mobile tie-up closer

Friday, August 16, 2013 8:28 am10 Comments

The stars may be aligning for a long-awaited deal between Apple and China Mobile

Samsung muscles in on Apple suppliers; could disrupt Apple product launches

Friday, May 17, 2013 9:26 am43 Comments

Overtaking Apple Inc as the world’s leading maker of smartphones has stretched…

Qualcomm’s cheap phone warning is ominous for Apple, BlackBerry and Nokia

Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:00 pmThursday, April 25, 201346 Comments

On Wednesday after the markets closed, Qualcomm reported earnings…

Sharp to miss March 29 deadline for Qualcomm investment

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:28 pmTuesday, March 19, 20132 Comments

Sharp Corp said it will miss a March 29 deadline to receive…

Samsung Electronics buys 3% share in Apple-supplier Sharp for $112 million

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:36 pm13 Comments

Sharp has confirmed that it has agreed to a much-speculated deal with Samsung…

How to profit from Apple’s iWatch, Nike’s FuelBand and Google’s Glass

Friday, February 22, 2013 12:32 pmFriday, February 22, 20135 Comments

Wearable computing is not only not new, but it’s had its fair share of story stocks in the past…

Hon Hai’s Terry Gou says investment talks in Sharp still on

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:44 amNo Comments

Terry Gou, chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry, a major supplier of parts to Apple…

Qualcomm to invest up to $120 million in Sharp; help with development of IGZO display technology

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 8:28 amNo Comments

Qualcomm Inc will invest as much as $120 million in Sharp Corp…

Intel, Qualcomm may invest $378 million in Sharp, sources say

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:11 pm14 Comments

U.S.-based Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are in talks to jointly invest $378 million…

BTIG: Apple iPhone 5 supply coming into balance

Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:08 pm11 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 5 product supply no longer appears like it will be an issue…

Apple sinks again, but bright spots emerge

Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:15 pmThursday, November 8, 201227 Comments

Apple sank 2.4% today, bringing its losses past 6% in the past two days, 23% in less than two months…

China Telecom, Unicom set to narrow 3G gap with iPhone 5; China Mobile loses out without iPhone contract

Monday, October 29, 2012 8:24 am5 Comments

China Telecom and China Unicom are set to further narrow the gap in 3G subscribers…

Apple’s iPhone 5 teardown reveals components from Qualcomm, Avago, Skyworks, and more

Friday, September 21, 2012 9:30 amFriday, September 21, 20127 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 5 uses chips from Qualcomm Inc, Avago Technologies Ltd and Skyworks…

Apple poised to sell 10 million iPhones in record debut

Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:29 pmThursday, September 20, 201216 Comments

Apple Inc. is poised for a record iPhone 5 debut and may not be able to keep up with demand…

Chip shortages may constrain smartphone launches

Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:05 pmThursday, August 30, 201212 Comments

A wave of new smartphones and other mobile devices is expected to hit the market…

Apple, Qualcomm spurned in bids for exclusive TSMC chips

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:12 amWednesday, August 29, 201217 Comments

Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. were rebuffed in separate attempts to invest cash…

Apple’s next-gen iPhone likely to support China Mobile’s massive 3G network

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:06 pm8 Comments

The next-gen iPhone could well be the first smartphone from Apple to be considered truly global…

Chip vendors gearing up for Apple’s next-gen iPhone, sources say

Friday, June 15, 2012 1:00 pm3 Comments

Qualcomm and Broadcom are producing 4G and Wi-Fi chips using a 28nm process at TSMC…

China Mobile in negotiations with Apple for iPhone

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:23 amWednesday, May 16, 20123 Comments

China Mobile, the world’s biggest telecom carrier by subscribers, sai…

MarketWatch’s Poletti: Apple may see lull after earnings bounce

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:20 pm26 Comments

Investors cheered Apple Inc.’s strong earnings for the second fiscal quarter…

Apple’s next-gen iPhone may be baptized in Liquidmetal

Friday, April 20, 2012 8:17 pm11 Comments

Apple will use so-called Liquidmetal for the casing of the iPhone 5…

Piper Jaffray’s Munster: Apple’s next-gen iPhone to be ‘Mother of all Upgrades’ (with video)

Friday, April 20, 2012 1:02 pmFriday, April 20, 201212 Comments

Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos., talks about the outlook..

Apple’s iPhone 5 made of metallic glass reportedly arrives this October

Friday, April 20, 2012 9:01 amFriday, April 20, 201223 Comments

Metallic glass is an odd material; a more accurate description would perhaps be glassy metal…

Qualcomm, Intel give Apple source code in patent battle with Samsung

Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:36 pmThursday, April 5, 201227 Comments

Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. have provided U.S. lawyers with source code…

Apple will be in catbird seat with China Mobile iPhone deal

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:34 pm5 Comments

When Apple added China Telecom as the second wireless carrier to sell the iPhone 4S…

Apple sues Motorola Mobility over Qualcomm license

Friday, February 10, 2012 4:30 pmFriday, February 10, 201229 Comments

Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a U.S. court on Friday…

Entire high-end handset/tablet component market may soon be completely at Apple’s mercy

Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:12 am12 Comments

Apple’s strength is reshaping the entire component market…

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