Cens - Qualcomm Inc. recently designated United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) as its second supplier of 28nm process capacity to cope with tight supply of the leading-edge process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), currently its primary contract supplier.
Qualcomm’s latest SoC for Windows laptops is now official, and it’s called the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform.
An unlikely competitor has entered the field.
Microsoft, Google, and Qualcomm are unpleased with Nvidia buying Arm. Qualcomm is the most resolute to see the acquisition blocked.