Technology

Qualcomm wants to beat Apple at its own game with acquisition of Nuvia

In a deal amounting to $1.4 billion, Qualcomm is acquiring Nuvia – a chip manufacturing startup founded by former Apple veterans. The chips manufactured by the startup will be integrated with Qualcomm’s ecosystem being used in smartphones, next-generation laptops, and digital cockpits, as well as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, extended reality, and infrastructure networking solutions.

Included in the deal is the transfer of employees of the startups which means that the NUVIA founders Gerard Williams III, Manu Gulati, and John Bruno will also be joining Qualcomm. The three founders have worked at Apple for years designing chips. The CEO, Gerard Williams III, has worked as the Chief Architect working on the core designs of chips from the A7 to the current A14.

Gerard Williams said, “CPU performance leadership will be critical in defining and delivering on the next era of computing innovation. The combination of NUVIA and Qualcomm will bring the industry’s best engineering talent, technology and resources together to create a new class of high-performance computing platforms that set the bar for our industry.”

The partners of Qualcomm also strongly supported the move with Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Acer, Asus, Bosch, General Motors, Honor, HP, Lenovo, LG, One Plus, OPPO, Sony, Renault, Sony, and Xiaomi all expressing the pleasure that it brings them the leap that this will give to Qualcomm.

Nuvia’s Phoenix CPU has already been put against the likes of Apple A13 as it offers double the performance per Watt than its competitors according to sources. This will definitely give competition to Apple in the performance department once these chips are put to use by Qualcomm.

Image Source: Qualcomm

Sponsored
Talha Ikram

Share
Published by
Talha Ikram

Recent Posts

Teachers Can Now Access OpenAI’s Free AI Course

OpenAI, in collaboration with nonprofit organization Common Sense Media, announced on Wednesday the launch of…

14 mins ago

WhatsApp-Inspired Updates Under Testing in Google Messages

Google is exploring a revamped image-sharing interface in its Messages app, taking cues from WhatsApp…

36 mins ago

Create AI Video Backgrounds with YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen

When it comes to online video streaming, YouTube is among the most well-known options. Every…

42 mins ago

Telecom Operators to Automatically Restore SIMs for Tax Filers

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a comprehensive mechanism for blocking and unblocking…

2 hours ago

Trump’s Influence Fuels Bitcoin to Cross $100,000

Bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, driven by Trump's crypto-friendly…

3 hours ago

PSX Hits New Heights, Surges by 1,800 Points to Cross 97,000

On Thursday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 100 Index surged by 1,781.94 points, or 1.86%,…

3 hours ago