My director has been with Qualcomm for 15 years.Chatting with him found an interesting phenomenon,We've found that a lot of the companies that Qualcomm has acquired are backward technologies. Acquisition of an Israeli wifi and bluetooth company,The acquisition of CSR is also a backward technology, and the acquisition of autonomous driving is also a backward technology，Qualcomm also has a scandal of executives cheating on acquisitions.
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Google for abreezio if you want a fun read of a qcom acquisition
NXP acquisition was an enormous waste of money and time. NXP had everything Q lacked but they botched the deal and had to pay billions for mega sunk costs.
The Q has way too much bloated overhead management at all levels who 'need' a new field or something new to do as technology progresses. These people have been around forever (e.g., since 2000) and are old now and essentially obsolete, but still sufficiently politically tied-in (until they aren't, then it's buh-bye losers). But they won't admit that they are now obsolete. So they get nasty and they slap a new title of responsbiity on themselves (e.g., AI, ADAS, etc.) and make it very difficult for engineers from any newly acquired company to succeed. They also make it difficult for current engineers. And that is only the tip of the iceberg.
2ecd+1ptvfobA I am OP, I am very clear about these situations. My former colleague at B told me that Q could not dominate this project and sell B's IP. Impossible. Now Q is like a marionette, without any autonomy. But I heard the bad news that they are still cooperating with mobileye. This cooperation may threaten our position.
@2ecd+1ptvfobA I am very clear about these situations. My former colleague at B told me that Q could not dominate this project and sell B's IP. Impossible. Now Q is like a marionette, without any autonomy. But I heard the bad news that they are still cooperating with mobileye. This cooperation may threaten our position.
@2ejw+1ptvfobA
What you heart is true. We are told over and over again that Q must lead the project development. But the fact is the entire collaboration is built upon the BMW’s current platform. The whole foundation and framework were built by BMW and Q only has limited access to these resources. On the other hand, BMW has a very clear and detailed long term roadmap for its ADAS, covering L2 to L3 products. But for Q, no plan at all, just follow BMW’s schedule. There is no way Q can lead the project’s direction.
@2mll+1ptvfobA, I am the poster. Regarding BMW's autonomous driving cooperation, I heard a statement from a senior director. This project is developing in the opposite direction as expected. Qualcomm wanted to lead the development, but now it has become an outsourcer.
Q barely cares about auto. And therefore BMW.
There isn't any money in auto. As demonstrated by data to date.
I can share some insights into the Autonomous Driving company that Q acquired last year.
Q's upcoming ADAS platform is set to build upon a collaboration between Arriver and BMW. The challenge here lies not in the lack of technology but in the differences in philosophy between Q, a chip company, and BMW, a traditional automaker.
Q is determined to incorporate cutting-edge technologies into its ADAS products. And following Tesla, Q committed to an AI-based software approach, whipping out rule-based modules entirely. On the other hand, BMW values reliability and safety above all else and leans toward rule-based solutions.
BMW plays a more significant role in the development and steers the project in a direction that may not align with Q's original vision.
Israeli Wi-Fi company is probably Wilocity
OP, developers are available easily, bur true engineers are not. Acquiring wifi and Bluetooth technologies are not backward. That's real engineering and hard. Apple acquired Beats for Bluetooth and their developers added the fancy user experience.
Hmm. A lot of power struggles after a company is acquired. After Atheros acquisition, political wars lasted at least several years, even involving people from companies Atheros acquired before the qcom acquisition. When there is so much political war going on, who cares about developing the best technology?
“ Acquisition of an Israeli wifi and bluetooth company”
They bought it for the engineers , working at mmWave is not trivial; it is literally cheaper to buy a company than to hire talent in US.
USA is just one country in world. It is not center of earth. Things happen around the world are not because of USA and Biden is no way responsible for any of those actions. Let's indeed vote the criminal buffoon in and see how that goes , get a life
Thriving companies aren’t available for sale.
Atheros wasn’t backwards technology, their business model wasn’t making them money.
Right now the global economy and political climate is cr-p because the US is weak. President Biden is declining and taking everyone with him. When the US is healthy, the world will refresh as well. This world is interdependent. We need each other.
Because good tech executives won’t join a San Diego based company.