Hacker News with Generative AI: Qualcomm

Running DeepSeek R1 Models Locally on NPU (windows.com)
AI is moving closer to the edge, and Copilot+ PCs are leading the way. With the availability of cloud hosted DeepSeek R1 available on Azure AI Foundry, we’re bringing NPU-optimized versions of DeepSeek-R1 directly to Copilot+ PCs, starting with Qualcomm Snapdragon X first, followed by Intel Core Ultra 200V and others.

AI, Hardware, Edge Computing, Qualcomm, Intel

37 points by doomroot13 21 days ago | 15 comments

Accessing the Qualcomm Modem over USB on the RAK5010 (danielmangum.com)
I have recently been working with the RAKwireless RAK5010 development board.

Hardware, RAKwireless, Qualcomm, USB

7 points by hasheddan 22 days ago | 0 comments

Qualcomm wins licensing fight with Arm over chip designs (bloomberg.com)
Qualcomm Inc. prevailed at trial against Arm Holdings Plc’s claim that it breached a license for chip technology that the world’s largest maker of mobile-phone processors acquired when it bought a startup in 2021.

Technology, Lawsuits, Qualcomm, Arm, Chip Design

211 points by my123 63 days ago | 129 comments

Apple's Three-Year Modem Road Map: Company Plans to Beat Qualcomm by 2027 (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is preparing to finally bring one of its most ambitious projects to market: a series of cellular modem chips that will replace components from longtime partner — and adversary — Qualcomm Inc.

Apple, Qualcomm, Mobile Technology, Semiconductors, Competition

5 points by Tomte 76 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Prepares Three-Year Modem Rollout in Bid to Outdo Qualcomm (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is preparing to finally bring one of its most ambitious projects to market: a series of cellular modem chips that will replace components from longtime partner — and adversary — Qualcomm Inc.

Apple, Qualcomm, Cellular Modems, Technology, Business

22 points by mfiguiere 77 days ago | 5 comments

First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU (freebsd.org)
Those of you how know me, know that I am not a big fan of the X86 architecture, which I think is a bad mess, mangled by market power considerations, rather than the CPU architecture this world actually needs, in particular in terms of performance/energy ratio.

Hardware, Laptops, ARM, Qualcomm, Performance

213 points by cnst 98 days ago | 179 comments

Ask HN: How has your experience been with a Snapdragon-based laptop? (ycombinator.com)
I'm in the market for a new laptop, and I'm wondering if people have run into any hiccups in terms of app support.

Laptops, Hardware, Software, Qualcomm, User Experience

49 points by closetkantian 101 days ago | 30 comments

Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct as its license is terminated (tomshardware.com)

Qualcomm, Arm, Antitrust, Licensing, Technology

5 points by dingi 120 days ago | 1 comments

ARM's Chernobyl Moment (irrationalanalysis.substack.com)
ARM has decided to cancel Qualcomm’s architectural license.

ARM, Qualcomm, Technology, Licensing, Business

43 points by ezequiel-garzon 121 days ago | 15 comments

Qualcomm's V8 License, Cancelled by Arm [video] (youtube.com)

Qualcomm, Arm, Licensing, Semiconductors, Technology

4 points by locusm 121 days ago | 1 comments

Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license (bloomberg.com)
Arm Holdings Plc is canceling a license that allowed longtime partner Qualcomm Inc. to use Arm intellectual property to design chips, escalating a legal dispute over vital smartphone technology.

Arm, Qualcomm, Semiconductors, Licensing, Lawsuits

622 points by necubi 122 days ago | 450 comments

Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform (qualcomm.com)

Mobile Devices, Processors, Qualcomm

13 points by hmottestad 123 days ago | 12 comments

Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders (jeffgeerling.com)
This afternoon I received the following email from Arrow, regarding the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows:

Hardware, Qualcomm, Developer Tools

141 points by LorenDB 127 days ago | 161 comments

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel. Would that be enough to overtake Nvidia? (yahoo.com)
Yahoo Finance

Tech Acquisitions, Semiconductor Industry, Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm

3 points by mgh2 127 days ago | 0 comments

Chipmaker Qualcomm Is Said to Explore Takeover of Intel (bloomberg.com)
Qualcomm Inc. has approached Intel Corp. to discuss a potential acquisition of the struggling chipmaker, people with knowledge of the matter said, raising the prospect of one of the biggest-ever M&A deals.

Technology, Semiconductors, Intel, Qualcomm

39 points by kungfudoi 153 days ago | 14 comments

Ask HN: Could Qualcomm Buy Intel? (ycombinator.com)
I saw this floating around. Unsure if it’s serious. Seems like it would be a huge win for Qualcomm: they’d get fabs, all the x86 IP (or maybe that’d have to be spun out), system integrator know how for use with Qualcomm’s ARM stuff, networking, etc etc. all of this would help them with their VMWare side: maybe they go the HP route with green lake and ship the hardware with the software a la Sun Microsystems?

Tech Acquisitions, Semiconductors, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM

20 points by gigatexal 153 days ago | 23 comments

Qualcomm Wants to Buy Intel (theverge.com)
On Friday afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported Intel had been approached by fellow chip giant Qualcomm about a possible takeover.

Tech Acquisitions, Intel, Qualcomm, Semiconductors

189 points by oco101 154 days ago | 101 comments

Qualcomm eyes an acquisition of Intel's chip design business (pcgamer.com)

Acquisitions, Chip Design, Intel, Qualcomm

12 points by astlouis44 168 days ago | 0 comments

Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more (theregister.com)

Qualcomm, Intel, Personal Computers, Acquisitions, Business

7 points by beardyw 168 days ago | 0 comments

Qualcomm has explored buying pieces of Intel chip design business (reuters.com)

Qualcomm, Intel, Chip Design, Acquisitions, Business

13 points by testrun 169 days ago | 6 comments

Qualcomm's new 8-core Snapdragon chip is aimed at cheaper Arm Windows PCs (arstechnica.com)
Windows-on-Arm is finally just about good enough to serve as your main PC, thanks to a combination of long-awaited Snapdragon X-series silicon from Qualcomm, Arm-specific improvements in the Windows 11 24H2 update, and third-party software developers that are slowly but surely putting out Arm-native versions of their most popular apps.

Windows, Qualcomm, Arm, Hardware, PCs

5 points by LinuxBender 170 days ago | 0 comments

Intel's big plan to take on Qualcomm; promises that x86 is here to stay (gizmodo.com)

Intel, Qualcomm, Processors, Technology, Competition

8 points by rntn 171 days ago | 1 comments

Qualcomm Oryon CPU Core Design (chipsandcheese.com)

Hardware, CPU, Qualcomm

103 points by luyu_wu 179 days ago | 6 comments

Apple Is Building Its Own Modem, Plays Long Game in Dropping Qualcomm (bloomberg.com)

Apple, Qualcomm, Mobile Technology, Business, Competition

37 points by jnord 187 days ago | 43 comments

Qualcomm makes its AI models available to app developers (tomshardware.com)