Qualcomm yakawana 8,3 tiririyoni (US) yemari mukota yechina ya2020 maererano neyakaitika mushumo wemari uye mabhenefiti iyo yakaburitsa svondo rino. Izvi zvaireva a 73% yekuwedzera yezvakawanikwa mumesester imwe chete asi kubva mugore rapfuura. Zvese izvi nekuda kwekuvapo kwakasimba kweQualcomm mune iyo 5G machipisi anoshandiswa muiyo iPhone 12 uye zvakare mune mamwe mafoni emusika.
Sezvakataurwa neThe Wall Street Journal (unogona kuverenga nyaya dzese mu iyi link kana iwe wakanyoresa), Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf akataura izvozvo chikamu chemari yemari uye purofiti chine chekuita nekutengesa kwe iPhone, asi kuti zviwanikwa zvichawedzera zvakanyanya mumwedzi mina inotevera. "Kuisa mari kwedu mu5G kuri kubhadhara uye tiri kukohwa mibairo kuburikidza nekupa marezenisi uye zvigadzirwa," akadaro Mollenkopf. Qualcomm ingadai yakagamuchirawo mubhadharo pfuti imwe naHuawei we $ 1,5 trillion asi kunyangwe pasina izvozvo, kutengesa kwavo kwakakwira 35% gore pamusoro pegore.
Apple neQualcomm vakamboita hondo yepamutemo mugore rapfuura nezve marezinesi ekubhadhara mushure mekunge Apple isingakwanise kuvimba neIntel machipisi kune ayo iPhone mamodheru ayo anosanganisira 5G. Apple neQualcomm vakasaina chibvumirano chemalayisensi chemakore akawanda icho tMhando dzese dze iPhone 12 dzaizotakura Qualcomm 5G modems.
Kunze kwechibvumirano ichi, Apple inoronga kushandisa modemu yeQualcomm mumakore anotevera uye hazvizove chinhu chakanangana neiyo iPhone 12. Mune gwaro rekupa pekugara pakati peApple neQualcomm, (une batanidza apa gwaro uye unogona kuriverenga papeji 71), zvinokurudzirwa kuti Apple inoronga kushandisa iyo X60, X65 uye X70 mhando dzeQualcomm Snapdragon kusvika panosvika 2023. Nekudaro Apple iri kugadzira yayo machipisi uye pane imwe nguva vanozove hwaro hwemidziyo yayo.
Rangarira izvozvo Muna 2019 Apple yakatenga huwandu hweIntel's smartphone modem bhizinesi kwe 1 trillion madhora, nekudaro kuwana patent uye mainjiniya neruzivo rwakakosha kugadzira machipisi. Akabatana neboka reApple matekinoroji, mukuru wedunhu chip, Johny Srouji, akataura panguva iyo kutenga uku kwaizobvumidza Apple kugadzira zvigadzirwa zvitsva munguva inotevera.