Chip supplier Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it had won an order from a Chinese court banning the sale of several older Apple Inc iPhone models in China because of two patent violations, although Apple said its phones remained on sale. Chinese court has banned the sale and import of most iPhone models in a…

The United States and China reached a 90-day cease-fire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth. The breakthrough came after a dinner meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires. Following more than two hours of dinner…

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 will be unveiled at an event in Hawaii in December 4th. Even with the announcement less than two weeks away, there’s still speculation over what the next Snapdragon will be called. Being the successor to 845, the obvious choice seems like the 850 or 855, but it’s looking increasingly likely that Qualcomm is…

Qualcomm Planning $400 Million Campus in India, it’s largest outside of San Diego — in the Indian city of Hyderabad. The plans were announced over the weekend by K.T. Rama Rao, the minister for information technology in the Indian state of Telangana. Work on the first phase of the campus is expected to begin next year.  Qualcomm…

On Tuesday, Qualcomm accused Apple of trade secret theft, having filed a lawsuit against the Cupertino-based electronics giant that alleges the company stole a large number of its protected modem technologies and provided them to Intel with the goal of improving the modems made by its rival, ultimately benefitting the new iPhone models. Apple has been…

Qualcomm started a major wave of layoffs and at least several outsourcing initiatives, multiple sources claim. The company’s Layoff.com profile recently lit up with posts from people claiming to be its employees and reporting job cuts across the board. “Lots of US positions moving to India,” one source wrote. “BCG recommends layoffs,” said another, referring to the…

MediaTek recently announced that the MStar TV chip product line will be merged with the MediaTek TV chip division, and a TV chip business will be established, which will be in line with wireless communications and smart devices. MediaTek pointed out that this organizational adjustment is to combine the superior products and technologies of both…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)—the world’s largest makers of semiconductors and processors—was forced to shut down several of its chip-fabrication factories over the weekend after being hit by a computer virus. Now, it turns out that the computer virus outbreak at Taiwan chipmaker was the result of a variant of WannaCry—a massive ransomware attack that wreaked havoc across the world…