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Qualcomm
San Diego, CA, United States
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless and computing chips and licenses wireless patents. Its chip business (QCT) sells Snapdragon processors, modems and connectivity products for smartphones, automotive systems and IoT devices, while its licensing business (QTL) covers 3G, 4G and 5G technology. Qualcomm is fabless, so outside foundries manufacture its chips. It supplies phone makers, carmakers and device makers rather than selling to consumers directly. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, CA, United States. It is listed under Custom Silicon, AI Accelerators, Edge Computing, DSPs, CPUs & RISC-V. Its shares trade as QCOM on NASDAQ.
Compute Technologies
- Mobile SoCs
- 5G Modems
- AI Accelerators
- DSPs
What Qualcomm works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
AI Accelerators
An AI accelerator is a chip, or a part of a chip, designed to run machine learning faster or with less energy than a general-purpose processor. The category includes GPUs, TPUs, neural processing units (NPUs) and chips from many startups.
Edge Computing
Edge computing means processing data close to where it is produced, on a device or a nearby server, instead of sending everything to a distant cloud data center. In chip terms, edge processors are small, low-power chips that run software and AI models inside phones, cameras, cars and sensors.
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