Qualcomm says it plans to buy back another $20B worth of shares and is raising its quarterly cash dividend, after unveiling a $15B buyback in November 2024
Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of smartphone processors, plans to buy back another $20 billion worth of shares and is raising its quarterly cash dividend.
Qualcomm agrees to acquire UK-listed Alphawave, which makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers, for $2.4B in cash, set to close in Q1 2026
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Qualcomm acquires Hanoi-based AI research startup VinAI's generative AI division, following the acquisition of AI and IoT startup Edge Impulse in early March
Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday.
Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition of Alphawave, which has a ~$1.3B market cap and makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers and AI
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Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about taking stakes in a JV to run Intel Foundry; TSMC would hold no more than a 50% stake
TSMC (2330.TW) has pitched U.S. chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) …
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When Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, its efforts were thwarted.
Sources: Qualcomm's interest in an Intel acquisition has cooled; CEO Cristiano Amon says “right now, at this time, we have not identified any large acquisition”
- A deal would likely have been one of the largest ever in tech — Qualcomm “hasn't identified large acquisition,” CEO said
Sources: Qualcomm is likely to wait until after the US presidential election on November 5 before deciding whether to pursue an offer to buy Intel
The only way a deal of this size - hell, even a deal that doesn't include the Foundry part of Intel - gets done is if Trump wins the White House. — (Also: This is a fantasy, QCOM ain't buying INTC) ...
Sources: Apollo Global Management has offered to make an equity-like investment of as much as $5B in Intel
- Investment firm said to offer equity-like deal for chipmaker — Move comes as rival Qualcomm makes approach about takeover … The alternative asset manager has indicated …
Sources: Qualcomm made a takeover approach to Intel in recent days, but a deal is far from certain; Intel's market cap is ~$93B and Qualcomm's is ~$188B
A deal for Intel would be massive and come at a time when the chip maker is sputtering.