I-Qualcomm ithole imali engenayo eyi-8,3 trillion (US) kwikota yesine ka-2020 ngokusho kombiko wangaphakathi wemali engenayo nezinzuzo ezishicilele kuleli sonto. Le miphumela isho ukuthi i- 73% okungeziwe yalokhu okutholwe kwisemester efanayo kodwa kusuka onyakeni owedlule. Konke lokhu kungenxa yokuba khona okuqinile kweQualcomm kumachips we-5G asetshenziswe ku-iPhone 12 nakwamanye ama-smartphones emakethe.
Njengoba kubikwe yiThe Wall Street Journal (ungafunda zonke izindaba ku- lesi sixhumanisi uma ubhalisile), isikhulu esiphezulu seQualcomm uSteve Mollenkopf ukusho lokho ingxenye yombiko wemali engenayo kanye nenzuzo ihlobene nokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone, kepha ukuthi ukuzuza kuzoba kukhulu kakhulu ezinyangeni ezine ezizayo. “Ukutshala kwethu imali ku-5G kunomvuzo futhi sivuna izinzuzo ngokuthola amalayisense nemikhiqizo,” kusho uMollenkopf. I-Qualcomm nayo ibizothola inkokhelo ihlumela elilodwa nguHuawei of $ 1,5 trillion kepha nangaphandle kwalokho, ukuthengisa kwabo kukhuphuke ngama-35% ngonyaka ngaphezu konyaka.
U-Apple noQualcomm bake baba nengxabano esemthethweni ngonyaka owedlule maqondana nezimali zokuthola amalayisense ngemuva kokuthi i-Apple ingathembeli kuma-Intel chip kumamodeli wayo we-iPhone afaka phakathi i-5G. U-Apple noQualcomm basayine isivumelwano seminyaka eminingi sokuthola amalayisense lapho u-tZonke izinhlobo ze-iPhone 12 bezizophatha amamodemu weQualcomm 5G.
Ngaphandle kwalesi sivumelwano, i-Apple ihlela ukusebenzisa amamodemu weQualcomm eminyakeni ezayo futhi ngeke kube yinto ethize kwi-iPhone 12. Kumqulu wokuhlinzekwa kokukhokha phakathi kwe-Apple neQualcomm, (une isixhumanisi lapha embhalweni futhi ungawufunda ekhasini 71), kuphakanyiswa ukuthi I-Apple ihlela ukusebenzisa amamodeli weX60, X65 neX70 weQualcomm Snapdragon kuze kube ngu-2023. Kodwa-ke i-Apple ithuthukisa ama-chips ayo futhi kwesinye isikhathi izoba yisisekelo samadivayisi ayo.
Khumbula lokho Ngo-2019 i-Apple yathenga iningi lebhizinisi lemodemu ye-Intel ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezi-1, ngaleyo ndlela kutholakale amalungelo obunikazi nonjiniyela ngolwazi oludingekayo lokuthuthukisa ama-chip Ujoyine iqembu lobuchwepheshe beselula lakwa-Apple, umphathi wendawo ye-chip, uJohny Srouji, okukhulunywe ngaye ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi lokhu kuthenga kuzovumela i-Apple ukuthi ithuthukise imikhiqizo emisha ngokuzayo.