Qualcomm was still developing a 32-bit ARM core and then Apple came out with their internally developed 64-bit ARM CPU and surprised everyone. This Qualcomm ex

Qualcomm was still developing a 32-bit ARM core and then Apple came out with their internally developed 64-bit ARM CPU and surprised everyone. This Qualcomm exec got shoved aside after making this statement. https://www.pcworld.com/article/447916/apples-64bit-a7-chip-a-marketing-gimmick-qualcomm-exec-says.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/447916/apples-64bit-a7-chip-... Qualcomm quickly switched to licensing a 64-bit core from ARM which was the Snapdragon 810 that had overheating problems. After that the next Snapdragon 820 with Qualcomm's internally developed 64-bit CPU was fine. That same team was also developing their ARM server CPU but that whole project got cancelled and the team got let go around 2018.