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Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid to buy Qualcomm for a price of $60 per share, plus $10 in Broadcom stock, valuing the company at around $130 billion and a 28% premium on the …

Tags:Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 42

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Qualcomm Faces Antitrust Fine in Taiwan

by Alan Spencer

Following an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded that certain of the company’s business practices are in violation of Taiwan’s antitrust law, and have imposed a fine of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 39

5G To Arrive in 2019 Says Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

At the recent Frankfurt motor show, Qualcomm CEO, Steven Mllenkopf has forecast that the US, Korea and Japan would start to launch 5G services in 2019, with China not too far behind. The firm’s …

Tags:5G| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Frankly, the deal was done so long ago that it had slipped our minds, but now Qualcomm has extended its offer to buy NXP, a deal that was due to be concluded by Oct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Qualcomm Chips in Samsung’s QLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm said that its QCA9379 is being used in Samsung’s QLED TV product line to support dual-stream Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth. Qualcomm said that they are among the first to use the chip. The …

Tags:Bluetooth| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 33| Wi-Fi

ITC Agrees to Look at Qualcomm/Apple Dispute

by Bob Raikes

The patent dispute between Apple and Qualcomm moved on another step this week as the US International Trade Commission (ITC) agreed to investigate Qualcomm’s patent claims. The investigation was filed last month and should …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 29

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Qualcomm Result 20/07/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Qualcomm announced its FY17 Q3 result with GAAP revenue of $4.5 billion and net profit of $900 million, resulting in a net margin of 20%. Both the revenues and net profit declined on a …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Qualcomm Tries to Stop Apple Imports

by Bob Raikes

In its dispute with Apple, Qualcomm has asked that action is taken in the form of a Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) that would stop Apple importing iPhones into the US. Apple responded by continuing …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 26

05 Qualcomm Looks to 5G

by Bob Raikes

Rajesh Pankesh is head of R&D at Qualcomm, which makes more than 800 million chips per year as the largest fabless chip company. He gave the first of the end of day keynotes. What …

Tags:5G| Large Display Monitor| Leti Days 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Meizu Phone Has Dual Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

Chinese smartphone maker, Meizu, has said that its new Meizu Pro 7 smartphone, due in July would use a MediaTek X30 chipset and will also have an unusual secondary display on the back of …

Tags:LCD displays| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 25

HTC Vive & Lenovo To Use Qualcomm Daydream Reference

by Bob Raikes

HTC and Lenovo are building stand alone headsets based on the latest Qualcomm reference design according to the RoadtoVR blog. Qualcomm has released more information about the components in the reference design including the …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Qualcomm Fingerprint Technology Works Through Display

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has developed new ultrasonic fingerprint detectors that add to the features of the previous version, the firm said. There are sensors for displays, glass and metal as well as the detection of directional …

Tags:Chips| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 24