Acquisitions and divestment of Qualcomm assets

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2022

Qualcomm купила Cellwize Wireless Technologies

Cellwize Wireless Technologies is developing a platform for managing mobile networks. Chime's cloud solution uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to plan the deployment of cellular operator networks without human intervention. The technology is also used to automate the optimization of 2G/3G/4G/5G generation networks, as well as to ensure the reliability of mobile networks. Read more here.

Augmented Pixels Augmented Reality Navigation Technology Developer Purchase

In mid-January 2022, it became known about the sale of Augmented Pixels to the American company Qualcomm, known for developing processors for smartphones. Financial and other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more here.

2021

Buy Clay AIR Gesture Recognition Solution Developer

At the end of November 2021 Qualcomm acquired. Clay AIR The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition strengthens Qualcomm's XR technology stack with the addition of highly accurate and energy efficient hardware-independent Clay AIR technology and an industry-leading team of experts in, computer vision engagement design and. machine learning More. here

Purchase of technology developer for smart cars Veoneer

On October 4, 2021, Qualcomm and investment firm SSW Partners announced the purchase of Swedish smart car technology developer Veoneer in a deal worth $4.6 billion. This acquisition is aimed at expanding Qualcomm's presence in the automotive market. Read more here.

Purchase of chip maker Nuvia

On January 13, 2021, Qualcomm announced the acquisition of Nuvia for $1.4 billion. The buyer intends to integrate the startup's technologies with its Snapdragon mobile processors, which are used in most Android devices around the world. Read more here.

2019: Medical Equipment Business Sale

Qualcomm Life On February 11, 2019, Qualcomm announced the sale of its medical hardware-focused subsidiary. The business was transferred to a private investment Francisco Partners company and received a new name - Capsule Tech, since after the closure of the transaction the company will operate independently. More. here

2018: Refusal to buy NXP for $44 billion and pay a $2 billion penalty

At the end of July 2018, Qualcomm abandoned its offer to buy NXP Semiconductors because it did not receive approval from the Chinese authorities for the deal. Read more here.

2016: Qualcomm announces $47bn purchase of NXP

On October 27, 2016, US mobile microprocessor developer Qualcomm announced the purchase of NXP Semiconductors. The acquisition cost, taking into account the debts of the Dutch company, will be about $47 billion. Thus, we are talking about the largest merger and acquisition transaction in the history of the chip market. Read more here.

2015: Qualcomm acquires Ikanos

On August 6, 2015, it became known that Qualcomm Ikanos^[1]Reason to buy - high-speed wired communication technologies.

Ikanos is developing G.fast technology and Qualcomm will get developments in ADSL and VDSL technologies, chips and accelerators for LTE and Ethernet network gateways. With the acquisition of Ikanos Communications, Qualcomm will have G.fast broadband wired technologies at its disposal and will be able to provide support for them in its home gateways.

G.fast only operates at a short distance, up to about 250 m, but provides data transmission over copper wires at a speed of hundreds of megabits per second. Engineers Ikanos in tests Japan in and Korea were able to achieve speeds of more than 1 Gbps at a distance of hundreds of meters. Due to the short range, the main area of ​ ​ use of G.fast is the connection of subscribers to access points.

An access point connected to a fiber-optic network can be located, for example, in the basement of a building. Qualcomm attaches great importance to the acquisition of Ikanos, apparently: the company offered to buy back Ikanos shares at a price of $2.75, while on the exchange their exchange rate is only $1.75, as well as pay off all debts available by the time the transaction closes.

2011: Atheros Purchase

In 2011, Qualcomm announced the acquisition of Atheros, a company specializing in innovative technologies for wireless and wired local communications used in network, computer and household appliances.

2006: Purchase of Flarion Technologies

In 2006, Qualcomm acquired Flarion Technologies, which specialized in OFDM communications.

2000: Cell phone business sold to Kyocera

In 2000, cell phone production Qualcomm was sold to a Japanese company. Kyocera The company focused on the development and licensing of wireless technologies, as well as the production of ASICs implementing these technologies.

1999: Base station production sold to Ericsson

In 1999, Qualcomm's base station production was sold to Ericsson.

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