Qualcomm came out this morning with a bid to takeover Veoneer in a move to rapidly expand the company’s growing automotive practice.
Qualcomm Blows Past Estimates on 5G and Growth Plays
Qualcomm delivered an outstanding Q3 result on the strength of 5G and its investments in IoT, Automotive, and RFFE all paying off.
The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen U.S. Technology Leadership – Part Two
Who tried to take down Qualcomm? What were they after? Why didn’t they prevail? What does Qualcomm’s resilience mean for the future? These are the questions that Futurum Senior Analyst, Olivier Blanchard, dives into in the second episode of this 3-part series, in which Apple weaponized the courts in an attempt to weaken the value of Qualcomm’s technology portfolio, and Broadcom took advantage of a moment of perceived vulnerability to try and acquire Qualcomm outright. Both Apple and Broadcom would ultimately fail.
Meet RFFE – A Critical Piece in the 5G Puzzle
What is Radio frequency front end (RFFE), and what part does this critical mobile technology play in delivering advanced RF-Modem systems? These are just the first two answers that Futurum senior analyst Olivier Blanchard answers in this three-part series about how RFFE is already solving the growing engineering complexities of 5G, perhaps chief among them how to elegantly solve mmWave challenges, deliver high performance solutions like Qualcomm’s X65 modem-RF system, and provide high speed, low latency connectivity to mobile devices, vehicles, and IOT devices.
MWC 2021: Qualcomm and Capgemini Collaborate to Make 5G a Private Networks Affair
Qualcomm and Capgemini expand their alliance to boost 5G private network capabilities for industries including providing broader interworking assurances, boosting performance, and easing implementations. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Qualcomm and Capgemini strengthen their competitive foundation to take advantage of burgeoning 5G private network demand and meeting the distinct use case requirements of industry verticals.
The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen US Technology Leadership – Part 1
Who tried to take down Qualcomm? What were they after? Why didn’t they prevail? What does Qualcomm’s resilience mean for the future? These are the questions that Futurum Senior Analyst, Olivier Blanchard, dives into in the first episode of this three-part series, in which regulators challenged the company’s technology licensing model. Under the guise of investigating potential “anti-competitive” behavior, the Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, and European equivalents of the United States’ FTC all took turns attempting to paint Qualcomm’s technology licensing and/or business practices as anti-competitive, when they, in fact, were not.
Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform Brings 32 TOPS and Blistering Speeds to 2021 Smartphones
Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform, a mid-year upgrade to its flagship Snapdragon 888, which it had just introduced in December. Improvements include boosted CPU clock speeds and significant AI engine performance, blistering 7.5 Gbps x60 modem, triple ISPs, up to 200 MP photo capture, 8K video capture, and all of Qualcomm’s Elite Gaming features.
EU to Introduce Digital Wallet Initiative Ahead of US, Sets First Major Milestone for 2022
The EU will introduce a digital wallet initiative ahead of the US, setting a first major milestone for 2022. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers the many nuances of that initiative, including Qualcomm’s prescient 2019 updates to its Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform and subsequent security clearance, what’s likely ahead there, as well as whether the EC will back down at all in its crusade against major US tech companies, whose assistance will no doubt be needed here.
New Qualcomm-Microsoft Snapdragon Developer Kit Announcement Signals Growing Enterprise Buy-In for Always-Connected Compute Platform
The new Qualcomm-Microsoft Snapdragon developer kit announcement signals growing enterprise buy-in for an always-connected compute platform. Futurum analyst Olivier Blanchard breaks down why the market is hungry for good enough performance laptops and explains Microsoft’s interest in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon compute platform.
5G Summit News: Qualcomm Upgrades 10 Gigabit X65 5G Modem-RF System To Facilitate Global mmWave Expansion
The X65 5G Modem-RF system will now feature support for 200 MHz carrier bandwidth in the mmWave spectrum, as well as mmWave support in standalone (SA) mode. With mmWave commercial deployments currently underway around the world (over 150 global operators are already investing in these high-band frequencies), including all major operators in the U.S. and Japan, these new capabilities make sense as a next step to enable global mmWave deployments, particularly as China and other markets invested in 5G SA mode look to begin scaling their mmWave deployments.