Qualcomm Powers Five Key Inventions Across Newly Completed 5G NR Release 17
The News: Qualcomm is touting the leadership role it is playing in 3GPP Release 17 throughout five key invention areas: mmWave expansion, reduced capability devices (NR-Light), device enhancements, non-terrestrial networks, and topology expansion. Read more at the Qualcomm blog. Qualcomm Powers Five Key Inventions Across Newly Completed 5G NR Release 17 Analyst Take: I see […]
Qualcomm’s New QCS7230 Chip — Expands its Vision Intelligence Platform and is Way Smarter Than You Think
The News: Qualcomm’s new QCS7230 chip is a recent expansion of its Vision Intelligence Platform, and will help enterprises in the public and private sector deliver much needed intelligence at the edge by offering real-time edge compute, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and analytics. Read the full Press Release from Qualcomm here. Qualcomm’s New […]
How 5G Drives Innovation and Connectivity to Transform the Future
With its promise of ultra-fast speeds, low latency, and massive connectivity, 5G drives innovation in many industries around the globe. The deployment of global 5G networks creates abundant possibilities from autonomous vehicles and smart cities to enhanced healthcare and immersive virtual experiences. A key aspect of 5G is its ability to handle a massive number […]
Driving Economic Impact Through Technology Innovation – An Introduction
This important introduction into our broader discussion about the economic impact of technology innovation outlines some of the ways that innovation not only contributes to economic growth, opportunity, and prosperity, but has become a critical driver of all three. We also make the case that investing in technology innovation, ensuring that technology innovation as an ecosystem is protected, and creating a judicial and regulatory environment that encourages innovation rather than hindering it, are all three paramount objectives for countries that understand that technology innovation is a critical driver of sustainable and positive economic growth.
The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen US Technology Leadership – Part 3
Looking at how healthy and well-positioned Qualcomm is today, especially as a decade of R&D investments and fundamental technology bets are beginning to bear fruit with the commercialization of 5G, it would be easy to forget how many challenges the San Diego tech giant has managed to overcome over the course of the past seven […]
Report: Huawei and Chinese Government Allegedly Working Together to Undermine 4G, 5G Network Equipment Competitors in Key Markets
The News: A new report prepared by the United Kingdom’s House of Commons’ Defence Committee appears to shed new light on the alleged financial relationship between Huawei and the People’s Liberation Army suggested earlier this year by an internal US Defense Department reportand a separate CIA report roughly a year ago. According to the report, […]
TSMC Plans to Bring Advanced Chip Manufacturing to the US
The News: The New York Times reports that TSMC, the Taiwan-based microchip manufacturer, has agreed to build an advanced chip factory in the United States. The Arizona facility, which is expected to employ TSMC’s 5nm manufacturing process, could produce as many as 20,000 wafers per month as early as 2024. While the plant would only […]
How 5G Could Alter the European Commission’s Aggressive Posture Towards US Tech Companies
While the average American consumer has probably never heard of Margrethe Vestager, the mere mention of her name is enough to make even the boldest US tech executive shudder with either fear, loathing, or both. That is because, as European Commissioner for Competition since 2014, Vestager has somehow managed to slap US tech companies with […]
DOJ Weighs In To Halt FTC and Koh’s Questionable Ruling Against Qualcomm
Image credit: Qualcomm’s logo seen during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, 2/28/2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard, courtesy Yahoo Finance DOJ Weighs In To Halt FTC and Koh’s Questionable Ruling Against Qualcomm The US Justice Department has intervened to weigh in on the appeal of a recent ruling against Qualcomm that declared the chip giant to be […]
U.S. Judge Koh Blocks Qualcomm’s Request to Put Antitrust Ruling on Hold
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile chip supplier pursues an appeal that could take more than a year to wind through the courts. Qualcomm has argued in court that the ruling could hamper critical […]
Something is Afoot at the Circle Koh: FTC v. Qualcomm Just Went off the Rails, but there is no Reason to Panic
I don’t usually reference Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in the titles of articles I write about serious matters, but today’s topic is so bizarre and beyond judicial norms that it warrants an exception. I am referring to, as the title suggests, Judge Koh’s inexplicable decision to side with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against […]
Ruling in Qualcomm Antitrust Case Makes Zero Sense—Here’s Why
In a ruling by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on the case against Qualcomm brought by the Federal Trade Commission, the judge ruled that Qualcomm used its dominant position in the marketplace to squeeze out rivals and also force device makers to pay higher prices for its patents. Koh ordered that Qualcomm renegotiate licensing agreements […]
