Qualcomm

15 Nov 2022 · 2 h 20 min · S11 E6

Episode Qualcomm

0:00 2:20:24

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely amazing technological and business history behind it. Seriously, this story is on par with Nvidia, TSMC and all the great semiconductor giants. Without this single fabless company based in San Diego, there’s almost no chance you’d be consuming this episode on whatever device you’re currently listening on — a fact that enables them to earn an incredible estimated $20 for every new phone sold in the world. We dive into this story live at the perfect venue: our first-ever European live show at Solana’s Breakpoint conference in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal!

Links:

• The Qualcomm Equation • Principles of Communications Engineering by Irwin Jacobs and John Wozencraft • Episode sources

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