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Apple executive Eddy Cue to be deposed in Qualcomm patent battle
Apple Inc. executive Eddy Cue will be questioned by Qualcomm Inc.’s lawyers as part of a legal battle…
Qualcomm begins cutting 1,500 jobs in cost-cutting move
Qualcomm Inc. has begun cutting about 1,500 jobs in California as part of a broader workforce reduction…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to be deposed in Qualcomm lawsuit
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will be deposed on June 27, as part of Qualcomm Inc.’s lawsuit…
President Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm deal over China concerns
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday blocking Broadcom Ltd. from pursuing its hostile takeover of Qualcomm Inc…
After blowing it on iPhone, Intel exploring a bid for Broadcom to derail potential Broadcom-Qualcomm merger
The revelation that Intel Corp. is considering buying Broadcom Ltd., a company valued at more than $100 billion…
U.S. security panel deals major blow to Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm
The government action on Sunday highlighted growing U.S. concerns about safeguarding semiconductor technology…
Judge Koh sets aside sanctions order against Apple in FTC v. Qualcomm antitrust case
Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to dump Qualcomm for Intel baseband chips exclusively for next-gen iPhones
Since iPhone 7, Apple has shared baseband chip orders for iPhones with Qualcomm and Intel…
Apple gets support from Lawyers for Civil Justice in fight against discovery sanctions
In connection with the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm, Magistrate Judge Nathaniel Cousins…
Top iPhone suppliers warn of slower sales ahead of Apple’s Q118 results
Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Ltd., key suppliers to Apple Inc., have implied that orders related to the iPhone…
EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm $1.2 billion for paying Apple to shut out rivals’ chips
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm was hit with a 997 million euro ($1.23 billion) fine by EU antitrust regulators…
Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm FTC case for withholding documents
A judge granted sanctions against Apple Inc. for dragging its feet in turning over documents…
Apple countersues Qualcomm for patent infringement
Apple Inc on Thursday filed a countersuit against Qualcomm Inc, alleging that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile phone chips…
Intel working with Apple to bring super-fast 5G to future iPhones
Apple is leaning heavily toward Intel’s flavor of 5G for a future iPhone…
Samsung Galaxy S9 benchmarks leak and Apple’s iPhone X thoroughly nukes them
After this year’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were a somewhat minor update in terms of hardware design…
Qualcomm draws up plans to rebuff Broadcom’s $103 billion offer
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is making preparations to reject rival Broadcom Ltd’s $103 billion bid as early as this week…
Broadcom plans unsolicited $90 billion bid for Qualcomm
Broadcom Ltd. is considering a bid of more than $100 billion for Qualcomm Inc…
Analyst: Completely designing out Qualcomm would be a big risk for Apple
Naturally, one would expect Apple to use the threat of taking the remainder of Qualcomm’s iPhone modem business…
Apple designing next-gen iPhones, iPads that would dump Qualcomm components
Qualcomm has withheld software critical to testing its chips in iPhone and iPad prototypes…
Qualcomm’s CEO: Our legal battle with Apple can be resolved
From the outside, the current legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple over the technology…
Qualcomm faces long odds in attempt to get ban of iPhone sales and manufacturing in China
Qualcomm Inc wants to hit Apple Inc where it hurts most…
Qualcomm files lawsuits seeking China iPhone ban, escalating Apple legal fight
Qualcomm Inc. filed lawsuits in China seeking to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones…
Qualcomm fined record $773 million in Taiwan antitrust probe
Qualcomm Inc. was fined a record NT$23.4 billion ($773 million) by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators…
Qualcomm CEO: We think we’ll be successful in our fight with Apple
Even as a series of anti-trust investigations and an ugly pricing dispute with Apple Inc…
Apple pays Qualcomm $2 billion a year in patent fees and Cupertino has had enough
Cell phone manufacturers refer to it as ‘the Qualcomm tax,’ and the practice has been investigated by regulators…
Apple faces down Qualcomm, Ericsson over EU patent fees
The European Union is drawing up guidelines on how much patent holders should charge for their technologies…
The pros and cons of Apple A-Series MacBooks
Apple wants, and has the resources, to control the design of all of the important semiconductors in its products…
Apple, a semiconductor superpower in the making, looks to build their own ARM-based processors for Macs
Apple is expanding efforts to develop proprietary semiconductors to better compete in artificial intelligence…
Some of Apple’s iPhone 8 and 8 Plus phones have much better LTE chips than the others
Since the launch of the iPhone 7 series of smartphones, Apple has built versions of its iPhones…
Apple’s iPhone 8 is technically a gigabit LTE phone, kinda
At first blush, iFixit’s tech autopsy on the iPhone 8 didn’t reveal anything particularly notable…
Qualcomm loses two key rulings in its patent royalty fight with Apple
Qualcomm got two bits of bad news today in its squabble with Apple…
U.S. judge rules Apple lawsuits against Qualcomm can proceed
Apple Inc.’s 11 foreign lawsuits against Qualcomm Inc. can proceed…
KGI: Apple’s next-gen OLED iPhone ahead of Qualcomm in 3D sensing tech by at least 2 years
Apple has a significant lead on Qualcomm in the 3D sensing technology space…
Apple vs. Qualcomm: Everyone wins? Why both companies might want to settle quickly
It’s unlikely that the quarrel will lead to prolonged litigation or court trials…
U.S. ITC to investigate Qualcomm’s allegations of Apple patent infringement
U.S. trade officials have agreed to investigate Qualcomm Inc’s allegations that Apple Inc infringed on patents…
Credit Suisse: Apple could end Qualcomm dispute with $8 billion payment
We see merit in both parties’ arguments, and believe mutual self-interest will prevail…
More evidence that Apple’s building its own cellular modem
Today, Apple relies on third parties to supply it with cellular modems for its popular…
Intel: Qualcomm uses the courts to destroy competition
Intel has weighed in on the legal sparring between Apple and Qualcomm…
Intel accuses Qualcomm of abusing its mobile chip monopoly
Qualcomm shareholders would be wise to exit their positions….
Qualcomm now suing Apple in Germany
Qualcomm has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the Munich and Mannheim Regional Courts…
Apple joined by Foxconn, Pegatron, and others in its fight with Qualcomm
A group of leading smartphone manufacturers are joining Apple Inc. in a legal battle against Qualcomm Inc…
