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Not to hijack this thread (ok, maybe to hijack this thread), does anyone know how Qualcomm is doing? It always seemed to me that their processors never really c

Not to hijack this thread (ok, maybe to hijack this thread), does anyone know how Qualcomm is doing? It always seemed to me that their processors never really caught up to Apple's tech (with almost all benchmarks), and I was wondering if it had to do with the company just not doing so well nowadays (people leaving, etc.)

Mathnerd314 9y ago
I found some generic tech strategy report: https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/a-deeper-dive-into-qualcomm-s-iot-portfolio-and-strategy.pdf https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/a-deeper-dive..., it seems like their strategy is to just keep rolling in the money and pumping out chips and IP. They're still doing random R&D products, so not too much fiscal pressure I guess, although if they keep paying out huge settlements that could change: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603964/qualcomm-wants-your-smartphone-to-have-energy-efficient-eyes/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603964/qualcomm-wants-you... Software-wise their code and maintenance strategy in general seems to suck, they throw the code over a wall and start over when doing the next project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13685273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13685273 Some guys from Google wrote yet another CPU scheduler, apparently it does better than Qualcomm's: http://linuxplumbersconf.com/2016/ocw//system/presentations/3693/original/LPC-%20EAS%20for%20Android.pdf http://linuxplumbersconf.com/2016/ocw//system/presentations/... Obviously they're not making many friends with their legal strategy. The chips are still selling, so the bottom line is sound at the moment. But other companies are developing ARM chips too: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/06/should-qualcomm-inc-worry-about-xiaomis-new-chips.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/06/should-qualcomm-in... And there are a ton of lawsuits. So it wouldn't be surprising if Qualcomm suddenly went out of business due to a court judgement, or gradually had to scale down.
eggie5 9y ago
Morale is pretty low. Boston consulting group is there now presumably working on restructuring and layoffs. After Jacobs left and Mollenkopf took over a lot was cut, they even closed the Library which peeved a lot of people off. The little things... There is also a company-wide sentiment that they are abusing the H1B program...

Mathnerd314 9y ago

I found some generic tech strategy report: https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/a-deeper-dive-into-qualcomm-s-iot-portfolio-and-strategy.pdf https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/a-deeper-dive..., it seems like their strategy is to just keep rolling in the money and pumping out chips and IP. They're still doing random R&D products, so not too much fiscal pressure I guess, although if they keep paying out huge settlements that could change: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603964/qualcomm-wants-your-smartphone-to-have-energy-efficient-eyes/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603964/qualcomm-wants-you... Software-wise their code and maintenance strategy in general seems to suck, they throw the code over a wall and start over when doing the next project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13685273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13685273 Some guys from Google wrote yet another CPU scheduler, apparently it does better than Qualcomm's: http://linuxplumbersconf.com/2016/ocw//system/presentations/3693/original/LPC-%20EAS%20for%20Android.pdf http://linuxplumbersconf.com/2016/ocw//system/presentations/... Obviously they're not making many friends with their legal strategy. The chips are still selling, so the bottom line is sound at the moment. But other companies are developing ARM chips too: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/06/should-qualcomm-inc-worry-about-xiaomis-new-chips.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/06/should-qualcomm-in... And there are a ton of lawsuits. So it wouldn't be surprising if Qualcomm suddenly went out of business due to a court judgement, or gradually had to scale down.

eggie5 9y ago

Morale is pretty low. Boston consulting group is there now presumably working on restructuring and layoffs. After Jacobs left and Mollenkopf took over a lot was cut, they even closed the Library which peeved a lot of people off. The little things... There is also a company-wide sentiment that they are abusing the H1B program...