Probably, you no longer remember, but 10 years ago, it is Android-smartphones, and not the iPhone, were considered most advanced in technical terms. The first smartphone with a 2-core processor - on Android. The first smartphone with 2 GB of RAM - on Android. The first smartphone with fast charging support is also on Android. But if, according to the volume of RAM and the speed of charging, iPhones is still far from their competitors, then in terms of performance and energy efficiency, Apple's processors have left far forward. It is clear that Qualcomm, which is the main supplier of chips on the market, it is very confused.
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Qualcomm was wrote down and bought a startup Nuvia engaged in the development of microcircuits. The amount of the transaction was incredible 1.4 billion dollars. This is really big money not only for the startup, but also for quite yourself the company. But it seems, Qualcomm knew what was paying for.
Why Qualcomm bought Nuvia
The Nuvia leadership includes three former Apple engineers who worked on the creation of company branded processors. It was their experience, most likely, it took Qualcomm, which for several years already in the catchpile position for several years, being unable to surpass Apple chips, even by going to the release of "stones" in a semi-annual cycle.
I admit that you have already heard about Nuvia or at least about one of its founders - Gerard Williams III. For several years he headed the Apple Silicon project and, according to Apple, in parallel worked on his own startup. This prompted Apple to court on a former employee, who by the time of filing the claim was already quit.
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Cupertino explained that Williams III could transfer the secret work of the company in Nuvia, where to apply them for commercial purposes. However, the Court recognized the former Apple engineer guilty only in violation of the provisions of the employment contract that manifested themselves in creating their own enterprise.
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Obviously, Qualcomm has big plans for Nuvia. After all, after all, Plofolio alone Williams III, even if he did not steal Apple technology, consists of more than 60 patents. Despite the fact that the transaction just took place, the manufacturer already has a clearly formulated strategy for the application of the startup developments in its activities. In any case, according to Qualcomm, in the near future, NUVIA branded processors will be integrated into a wide range of devices available on the market.
Since Qualcomm does not make any smartphones or computers, most likely, the company will offer NUVIA technologies in the devices of their partners. And they will clearly offer them that. Still, Williams III worked on creating all Apple processors - from A7 to A12X BIONIC and M1, which means it is well versed in many intricacies of this industry. Of course, his knowledge will not be able to turn the time to reverse and make Qualcomm industry leader postfactum. However, to help her strengthen its position Nuvia will be able to accurately.
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Obviously, Nuvia engineers have deep knowledge in the development and production of processors and may even use some of the Apple solutions. Therefore, the likelihood is high that the competent application of the methods available at their disposal is like OOO (OUT-OF-ORDER), which provides the A-series chips with parallel execution of tasks, and not after each other, it will still allow you to improve your own Qualcomm processors, or start Lose Nuvia chips under their name, if they are much cooler.