U-2018 wawungewona unyaka omuhle we-Apple, kodwa futhi wawungeyona eyeQualcomm, yize eyokugcina Kubonakala sengathi wayazi ukuthi uyena onamandla futhi wavula inqwaba yezinhlaka ukuzama ukuphoqa i-Apple ukuthi ifinyelele esivumelwaneni, isivumelwano esenziwe ngokusemthethweni emasontweni ambalwa edlule kumangaze wonke umuntu.
Ngokusho kwemithombo yangaphakathi yakwa-Apple, inkampani iphoqeleke ukuthi ifinyelele esivumelwaneni neQualcomm ngoba ibingabukeki kahle kuyo. ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Intel's 5G chip, i-chip ezosetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni i-iPhone efika ngo-2020. Empeleni, i-Apple yaqasha uFebhuwari odlule ngomunye walabo ababhekele i-Intel kulo mkhakha.
Lapho nje isivumelwano sesenziwe ngokusemthethweni, I-Intel imemezele ukuthi ishiye ukuthuthukiswa kwale chip, kunikeza umuzwa wokuthi basuse inkinga. Lesi sivumelwano sidle i-Apple imali eningi (phakathi kuka-4.500 4.700 no-XNUMX wezigidi zamaRandi) imali evumele abaphathi abaphezulu beQualcomm ukusabalalisa amabhonasi athakazelisayo ngendlela yamasheya.
Ngokusho kwe-CNBC, isikhulu esiphezulu seQualcomm uSteve Mollenkopf nguyena okunengqondo ukuthi wenze imali eningi ngemuva kwalesi sivumelwano, ukuthola Amasheya enkampani angama-40.794, amasheya alinganiselwa ku- $ 3.500 billion.
UChristian Amon, uSihlalo weQualcomm, uthole amasheya angama-24.930 abiza u- $ 2.100 billion, i-CTO James Thompson 19.264 amasheya abiza u- $ 1.650 billion kanti uCFO David Wise uthole amasheya abiza u- $ 253.915 sibonga kumasheya angu-2.958 owatholile. Kepha ngeke babe kuphela abazuzi, ngoba ngokusho kukaDavid Wise, abasebenzi bezinkampani nabo bazozuza kulesi sivumelwano.
I-Apple nabahlinzeki bayo babegcine cishe izigidi eziyizi-7.000 yamadola kuQualcomm ngesikhathi sempi yaso yokuqala yezomthetho, kepha kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni lelo nani lehliselwa kuma-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-6.000 ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abalandele inkinga ebhekane nezinkampani zombili nokuthi i-Apple nayo bekufanele ikhokhe uma isivumelwano sesenziwe ngokusemthethweni .