How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm and Intel

Re:How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm an... by masklinn on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:18AM (#16264388)

I'd missed that, but you're perfectly correct.

It's also stating that Apple could topple Qualcomm… despite Apple not selling to third parties, the only way that'd happen is if they obtained a complete monopoly on the smartphone market. I don't see either happen.

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Re:How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm an... by rwmj on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:21AM (#16265007)

If Qualcomm sits around and does nothing. However Qualcomm are competing for the nascent ARM server market with the (incredible IMO) Amberwing, and Qualcomm would still have 50%+ of the mobile market for selling their modems and Snapdragons to fund development.

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Re:How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm an... by zimpenfish on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @07:47AM (#16264794)

Theoretically, if the premium brand smartphone dropped Qualcomm and managed to make a go of it, that does put a lot of pressure on them and, perhaps, encourages others to do the same (Samsung, for example.)

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