Apple to purge Qualcomm from iPhone
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Punishment for not doing what it was told

The fruity cargo cult Apple is unleashing its revenge on Qualcomm for not doing what it is told and allow Jobs' Mob to pay what it likes for its chips.

Qualcomm snaps up chief branding lady from Intel
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Penny Baldwin is the new CMO

Qualcomm announced late last week that it hired Penny Baldwin to join it as the senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO). Penny’s last job was the VP, General Manager, Global Brand Management, Partner and New Technology Group Marketing at Intel.

Qualcomm pushes Gigabit 4G beyond 1.2 Gbps
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Exclusive: Confirmed by Cristiano Amon and Alex Katouzian

Top Qualcomm executives have confirmed that the chipmaker is working out ways to take 4G beyond Snapdragon X20 speeds of 1.2Gbps.

Qualcomm gets Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs’ backing
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Concern over how the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission handled fine

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs’ has come down heavily against the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission in the Qualcomm anti-trust case.

Qualcomm routers with 802.11 ax in 2018
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Confirmed by the Qualcomm’s SVP of connectivity

Qualcomm's Connectivity bloke Rahul Patel claims that the next big thing when it comes to Wireless will be 802.11 ax SVP and we can expect Qualcomm powered 802.11ax routers to appear in 2018.

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 636 SoC
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Support for FHD+ displays and Quick Charge 4

At its 4G/5G Summit, currently held in Hong Kong, Qualcomm also unveiled its newest Snapdragon 636 SoC, a mid-range chipset with octa-core Kryo 260 CPU part, Adreno 509 GPU, support for FHD+ displays, X12 LTE modem and Quick Charge 4.

Qualcomm announced first 5G data call
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Shows a 5G prototype phone

It looks like things are shaping up nicely for the beginning of the 5G era. Qualcomm has confirmed that it shrank the 5G device to the phone form factor and has it up and running.

Qualcomm fined $773 million by Taiwan watchdog
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Company says it disagrees

Qualcomm has been fined a record $773 million by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators over the way the US company prices mobile phone chips and patents.

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR
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Oculus Go ships in 2018

This is the first of two headsets that we have been hearing about in the last few months to be coming from Facebook owned Oculus

TSMC will make most of Qualcomm's power management ICs
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Goodbye Globalfoundaries 

TSMC is to make 70 to 80 percent of Qualcomm's new-generation power management ICs (PWM IC).