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观点:高通Nuvia协议下循环

“竞争对手,尤其是在中国,将获得一个更大的全球市场份额。和移动设备制造商将试图避免支付过路费高通通过设计自己的,苹果目前正在尝试,或获得反垄断监管机构。”

由罗伯特·Cyran

纽约:高通,时间是一个圆。1760亿美元的无线专家由史蒂夫Mollenkopf目前居高不下5 g的销售设备开始繁荣。拒绝以来其股价已上涨140%博通公司在2018年的敌意收购。它挡住了苹果公司的诉讼和反垄断担忧。但好时光不会永远持续下去,熟悉的争吵可能会恢复。购买处理器设计师Nuvia14亿美元是一个很好的方式手臂本身当挑战来了。

高通在转储在2017年博通的老板典当Tan发起了一项1050亿美元收购该公司。苹果起诉支付它所认为的不公平的版税高通公司的知识产权。该公司和监管机构已经看上了。因为有一些设计的生产商芯片将无线设备连接到网络,高通主导份额,苹果和其他的设备生产商。

然而高通知道时间来更容易。芯片制造商花钱在芯片的生命周期的早期设计。然后有一个温馨的地方获得版税。一段时间后,随着技术的时代,客户希望其他人出售类似的芯片便宜。随着下一代技术进入视线,公司争吵过去合同。当麻烦的开始。

类似的战斗发生在诺基亚在2005年和高通。诺基亚最终同意支付更低的利率,以及调查了欧洲监管机构被撤销。同样,苹果公司在2019年放弃了诉讼后同意支付约45亿美元,据高通。高通是设置好。分析师预计营业利润约为100亿美元在当前财政年度9月份结束,2017多四倍,根据Refinitiv。股票增加两倍的Broadcom因为拒绝这笔交易。

然而5 g芯片永远不会前沿。竞争对手,尤其是在中国,将获得一个更大的全球市场份额。和移动设备制造商将试图避免支付过路费高通通过设计自己的,苹果目前正在尝试,或再次获得反垄断监管机构。

这就是Nuvia进来。该公司设计的处理器,实际上背后的大脑芯片。将他们纳入Qualcomm-designed半导体应该使生产出来的产品更快更有效。这意味着更多的知识产权许可,客户也许不能够放弃高通在接下来的周期。

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By Robert Cyran
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NEW YORK: For Qualcomm<\/a> , time is a circle. The $176 billion wireless specialist run by Steve Mollenkopf is currently riding high as sales of 5G devices<\/a> start to boom. Its stock has risen 140% since rebuffing Broadcom<\/a>'s hostile offer in 2018. It has fended off Apple lawsuits<\/a> and antitrust concerns. But good times won't last forever, and familiar squabbles are likely to revive. Buying processor designer Nuvia<\/a> for $1.4 billion is a good way to arm itself when challenges come around again.

Qualcomm was in the dumps in 2017 when Broadcom's boss Hock Tan launched a $105 billion offer for the company.
Apple<\/a> had sued to get out of paying what it considered unfair royalties on Qualcomm's intellectual property. And regulators had set their sights on the company. Because there are few producers that design chips<\/a> to connect wireless devices to networks, Qualcomm has a dominant share, and Apple and other gadget-makers pay up.

Yet Qualcomm knew easier times were coming. Chipmakers spend money early in the chip's lifecycle to design them. Then there is a sweet spot where it reaps royalties. After a while, as technology ages, clients look to others who sell similar chips for cheaper. As next-generation technology comes into sight, companies bicker over past contracts. That's when the trouble starts.