Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm is repackaging a chip from last year into the “Snapdragon 870.” Last year’s flagship SoC was the Snapdragon 865, and then Qualcomm released the slightly up-clocked Snapdragon 865+. The Snapdragon 870 seems to be a 865++. It’s another clock bump. Qualcomm has a totally impenetrable product lineup, so it’s hard to […]
Enlarge / A splash image for Nuvia from the company’s blog. (credit: Nuvia) Chip-maker Qualcomm announced a major acquisition today: it will buy Santa Clara-based silicon company Nuvia for $1.4 billion dollars. Qualcomm intends to use Nuvia’s technology in future chip designs for a wide range of devices, from phones to cars. Nuvia was founded […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia, and Qualcomm debuted their latest chips at the 2021 CES tech trade show this week. As is the case in most years, the new chips are faster and more power-efficient […]
This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf must have been born with a bullseye on his back. During his seven-year tenure, activist hedge fund JANA Partners demanded that he break up the company; […]
The world’s leading maker of chips for mobile phones, Qualcomm, is getting a new leader. CEO Steve Mollenkopf announced on Monday he would resign in June to be replaced by his top lieutenant, company president Cristiano Amon. The unexpected shift—Mollenkopf is only 52 and has been CEO for seven years—is unlikely to lead to any […]
Enlarge / The iPhone 12. (credit: Samuel Axon) As rumored many months ago, Apple’s silicon ambitions don’t end with replacing Intel CPUs with its own in Macs—it plans to ditch Qualcomm modems in favor of its own custom-designed chips for iPhones, according to Apple hardware tech lead Johny Srouji. Srouji confirmed the company’s plans when […]