Qualcomm announced the signing of an agreement to extend the era of exclusive supply for 3 years! The investment of 7.2 billion is not in vain!
Qualcomm's dominance in this field is obvious to all, although mobile phone chips have been pressed by MediaTek and Kirin, the two chip giants, but on the whole, Qualcomm is still a giant in the field of technology, and its strength should not be underestimated. In this way, it is not easy to get rid of dependence on Qualcomm.
If you look closer, you can see that in the early years, Qualcomm chips were also going to be abandoned, but over time, it also faded out of people's vision. This is mainly due to the fact that it is not easy to independently develop chips, and some domestic mobile phone manufacturers have been forced to interrupt independent research and development.
However, the fact that domestic manufacturers have given up abandoning Qualcomm does not mean that other manufacturers will not do so. Apple, for example, has been preparing to apply the Qualcomm 5 G baseband to the iPhone since 2019.
At first, rumors were rampant that Apple would develop a 5 G baseband to get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm. To achieve this goal, Apple also paid 1 billion yuan (about 7.2 billion Czech crowns) to buy Intel's baseband chip business. There is speculation that Apple wants to get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm because it is unwilling to pay huge patent fees to Qualcomm.
Whatever the reason, Apple has opened its own path to baseband development. Just when Qualcomm and Apple were in a quarrel because of baseband patent fees, I originally thought that Apple would make persistent efforts to speed up research and development, leaving Qualcomm behind. However, what he didn't expect was that it had been so long, and the iPhone 15, which was supposed to be equipped with Apple's self-developed 5G baseband, was nowhere to be seen.
Not only that, but Qualcomm also issued an official statement to Microsoft some time ago.
According to Qualcomm, it has signed a 5 G baseband agreement with Apple until 2027. In other words, the era of the Apple 5 G baseband being exclusive to Qualcomm will continue for another three years. In the next three years, it will be very difficult for Apple to have its own baseband chips. In a sense, 72 billion yuan has been wasted, and it has been nearly 7 years since Intel acquired related businesses, and Apple has still not launched new products.
This makes many people wonder why Apple, which is known for its R&D capabilities, can't even do 5 g baseband.
For now, the author has already said that there is no need to use the money to buy the relevant departments of Intel. Not only because the results are not good, but more importantly, after the acquisition, there will be a large loss of technical personnel. In fact, even if the chip is installed, it is not easy to overcome this difficulty, after all, Intel's baseband technology has always been famous, which is why Apple handed over the chip to Qualcomm.
Moreover, it is impossible for Apple to ignore Qualcomm's patents in advance. If they want to get rid of Qualcomm, they have to find a way to circumvent Qualcomm's patents. Qualcomm's technical attainments are still very high, and it is not easy for Apple to bypass it. Therefore, it is normal not to conduct an investigation now. To put it simply, why doesn't Apple do a diversified ** chain? Why did it choose Qualcomm (such as Huawei) to supply exclusively in the 5 G baseband field, rather than diversifying?
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