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That's somewhat over-simplifying their argument - the long and the short of it though was that Qualcomm has different business interests in chip-making (ie, bul
by abritinthebay 9y ago
That's somewhat over-simplifying their argument - the long and the short of it though was that Qualcomm has different business interests in chip-making (ie, bulk, cheap, quick to produce) than Apple - so Qualcomm is extremely unlikely to ever match Apple.
Of course if Google did in-house SoC design and had Qualcomm as a manufacturer then of course they could do it, but that's so far no happened and at that point it's Google's chip practically speaking anyhow.
- blackguardx 9y agoQualcomm is fabless, just like most everyone else except for Intel at this point.
- abritinthebay 9y agoOh well that’s even sadder for them then. I thought they still had some factories? They used to...