Qualcomm is a publicly owned American company headquartered in the US. It was founded in 1985 and currently employs over 45,440 people. The company specializes in the development of semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology. Qualcomm's main product is connectivity infrastructure, which enables devices to connect to the internet and communicate with each other. The company's products and services are used in a wide range of industries, including mobile phones, automotive, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X chip at CES 2025, designed for mid-range laptops priced around $600, focusing on on-device AI applications. The Snapdragon X and X Plus utilize Qualcomm's Oryon CPU cores, with the Snapdragon X featuring eight cores clocked at up to 3.0 GHz. The Snapdragon X Plus offers both 10-core (up to 3.4 GHz) and 8-core (up to 3.2 GHz) variants. Also at CES 2025, Qualcomm unveiled a new Snapdragon chip for entry-level laptops, featuring high-performance Oryon cores clocked at 3.0 GHz and a 45 TOPS NPU. Separately, iQOO confirmed that the iQOO 13 phone will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset; a launch in India is imminent. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
Qualcomm offers 2 products in the telecoms tech and media tech industries. Qualcomm's product portfolio comprises of connectivity infrastructure and carrier managed service technology.
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Qualcomm's customers primarily consist of telecoms, consumer electronics and pay TV services companies. Examples of Qualcomm's customers include VNPT, Apple and EE. Qualcomm has commercial and technical partners like Mercedes-Benz AG, Viettel and Reliance Jio. Examples of Qualcomm's suppliers include Ant Media and Qualtrics.