Apple modem showing much promise
ARM competing with Qualcomm on SoC
ARM enabling Qualcomm competitors such as APPLE and giving them a leg up
Samsung starting to use more of their own processor
Qualcomm autonomous still a baby.
Is Qualcomm in trouble ?
How’s the weather in your org ?
How are you feeling ?
Not expecting just negative replies. Give a fair analysis from your groups perspective.
Mm is not wavelength, is d*ck length. Totally unless tech, unless you are 100m line of sight.
Tim Cook said:”With Apple modem, no more Qualcomm tax”
@108+1jqebw136: Great analysis. Here is what I think (from anecdotal evidence). My iPhone in its whole life of 2 years has never kissed a mmW wave even though it is equipped with 3 FR2 modules. Tell me why I have had to pay for the patents? The small cell "experiment" would have worked if it is competitive enough against WiFi. The entire 3gpp universe is built on a premise that people will be ready to spend money if you offer them high data rates. Qualcomm marketing is so d-mb (or maybe doing it intentionally as they have no other ho-n to blow) that they think if they demonstrate a device doing 8Gbps, customers will flock to them. My parents use a iPhone8, my wife and I have iPhone14pro and my kids uses iPhone11 (demonstrating varied use cases) and none of us have ANY requirement for a 1Gbps connection. Point is that while the cellular speeds have definitely gone up, the data consumption rate for various apps (like NFLX or FB or WhatsApp or twitter or ticktock) have been trending down or steady due to increased efficiencies and data compression techniques. Even if the XR/AR is practical enough for day to day use, there is still no need to either 1Gbps connections or high speed mobility.
Intel did have the foresight on this and tried to build the WiMax ecosystem (build a modem along with the processor and market it). They did have the idea to do away with the IP arrangements and democratize the technology, but the 3gpp universe does not want to get rid of the short term profit for the long term gain. However, Intel execution was flawed and it did not get traction.
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very good point. i used to be in Q about a decade ago. That point they were doing some strategic investment in femto cells for 4G. If the marketing execs were to be believed, unlicensed spectrum (wi-fi) would be replaced with licensed spectrum (small cell routers) in every home so that the handoff would happen automatically if one stepped out of home/office/mall. Imagine a verizon small-cell in house and a verizon sim in you phone. Then you would never have to switch between wifi and cellular data. But thats what the marketing execs thought who are no engineers and who are sometimes surprisingly detached from what end-users want or think. Little did they know that no customer would ever uproot a perfectly working (and constantly evolving for good) wifi broadband router and replace it with a router based on cellular modem technology (small cell) and then pay for using the frequency real-estate in house. Why would anyone make it so complicated. And tbh, the difference between (1) a wifi router which works with data-only sim inserted in it and (2) a cellular comms (3gpp) based small cell with a data-only sim inserted - is so subtle that even technology veteran may not want to care about it. Small-cells didn't fail as a concept altogether; but it never replaced wifi routers at homes like the way marketing sharks were projecting. May be the VP got funding by saying BS but thats all. 3GPP seems to be doing the same BS like those small cells marketing execs. 5G didn't take off because (1) mmWave has its deployment challenges and penetration problems (2) sub6 is given a hard run for its money by 4G+ (carrier aggregation, mimo etc) (3) covid (4) no real need for data speeds more than 4G+ while you are travelling at 300 km/h because firstly there is actually no real need and secondly, the carriers put a ridiculous premium on true 5G experience (sub6, not mmWave ) which is not too far from 4G+.
And you know, research labs across the board have already started hiring for 6G research and development! Possibly we will have multi-channel video streaming with VR and AR but unless those apps become mainstream like whatsapp video calling, whats the point of ja--ing up data speeds ever north. Create demand, create economies of scale, bring dollar/1GB down and then talk about 6G, 7G.
In a crude way, 3gpp can take a leaf out of the military industrial complex. They don't just create F35s or 6G or 7G fighters, they also create deep geopolitical incisions so that there are takers for those crafts (I don't support this but another topic).
@wd+1jqebw136 That "business development team" could start with getting Apple business back that they lost due to the top management's incompetence!!!
Q never been successful in developing the cash-cow business after Irwin.But Q has the huge business development under Akash. What a bull-sh-t? Q has a toxic culture under clowns of stupid management.
Unfortunately WiFi is a corrupted department
“80% of mobile data goes through wifi” - Definitely agrees with my personal data habits.
Ex-Qualcomm employee. Left on my own a few years ago. Made my money. Left some on the table. Glad I got out. Milked the modem business for all it was worth. The whole 3GPP standards/IPR/business model has been tapped out and is dead. 80% of mobile data goes through Wi-Fi. Good luck!
As an ex-Qualcomm (modem) employee ...
C1 good. Power low. Performance good.
Q-anger
Q-lose
A-LOL
Answer the facts. Don’t just say envious employee. I posted facts on the post. Tell me where you disagree.
All Qualcomm business lines are under threat or are struggling.
"envious ex-employee" so NOT. HAHAHA ...!
Another post from an envious ex-employee.
Qualcomm su-ks a sh1t tuuurd
Plus Qualcomm PCs seem to have a high return rate