Re:Qualcomm to Acquire Nuvia: A CPU Magnitude Shift
by ohazi on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:19PM
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Yes, using patents.
They got lucky and a handful of their early patents became required parts of early cellular standards. Since then they've lobbied the standards bodies to include features that require their newest patents. When that fails, because the mobile manufacturers are tired of Qualcomm's monopoly, they simply buy up more patents to make up the difference.
Re:Qualcomm to Acquire Nuvia: A CPU Magnitude Shift
by ksec on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:26PM
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That is just so far from truth. The reality is no one manage to compete with them even when 5G had significant tech not derived from Qualcomm. And yet they still had the best Modem.
They got lucky and a handful of their early patents became required parts of early cellular standards. Since then they've lobbied the standards bodies to include features that require their newest patents. When that fails, because the mobile manufacturers are tired of Qualcomm's monopoly, they simply buy up more patents to make up the difference.