{"id":122225,"date":"2020-12-18T20:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/12\/18\/strong-iphone-12-demand-pushes-qualcomm-to-number-one-chip-designer-revenue"},"modified":"2020-12-18T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:03:52","slug":"strong-iphone-12-demand-pushes-qualcomm-to-number-one-chip-designer-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/strong-iphone-12-demand-pushes-qualcomm-to-number-one-chip-designer-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong iPhone 12 demand pushes Qualcomm to number one chip designer revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The launch of the iPhone 12<\/a> lineup has been a bright spot for Qualcomm, launching Apple’s 5G modem chipmaker to the number one spot in a ranking of IC design companies by revenue.\n<\/p>\n

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Despite the fact that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro<\/a> devices launched later in the year than usual, the San Diego-based chipmaker retook the top spot with $4.96 billion in a quarterly revenue. That’s a 37.6% increase year-over-year, according to Trendforce research<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trendforce attributes Qualcomm’s rise to a number of factors, including it entering the Apple supply chain earlier in 2020 and the fact that 5G adoption has been steadily increasing.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple and Qualcomm ended<\/a> their years-long, tortuous legal dispute in 2019. The Cupertino tech giant signed a multi-year supply contract with Qualcomm and agreed to pay between $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion to settle the patent battle.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although that contract requires Apple to source chips from Qualcomm for a set period of time, Apple is also said to be working on its own in-house modem chips.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2020, Apple was said to have officially kicked off<\/a> development of first-party cellular modems.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple previously used Intel modems in its iPhone until 2018, when the company was unable to deliver 5G chips in time for a 2020 release. After Apple and Qualcomm settled their patent spat, Intel ceased<\/a> development of its 5G modems and sold<\/a> its corresponding patent portfolio to Apple.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The deal with Qualcomm includes a six-year supply licensing agreement that took effect on April 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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