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Qualcomm Earnings Fall Short As China Woes Continue

Qualcomm missed sales and earnings estimates in its quarterly report late Wednesday, hurt by licensing and royalty troubles in China and a maturing smartphone market. Qualcomm (QCOM) reported revenue of $6.69 billion, up 3% year-over-year and missing the consensus estimate of $7 billion, as polled by Thomson Reuters. It was the third straight quarter of single-digit sales growth after 14 straight quarters of double-digit growth. Qualcomm posted

Qualcomm Targets Internet of Things With CSR Deal

Qualcomm (QCOM) late Tuesday agreed to buy U.K.-based chipmaker CSR for $2.5 billion in a deal that gives Qualcomm advanced Bluetooth short-range wireless technology. Qualcomm beat out Microchip Technology (MCHP), which had earlier offered to buy CSR. “We think the size of the deal and the nature of the acquirer is a major signpost that the Internet of Things (IOT) is a significant long-term play for semiconductor companies,” Robert Lamb, a

Apple iPhone 6 Plus Teardown: 5 Key Suppliers Inside

Smartphone users just want to know what the Apple (AAPL( iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can do. But for investors and many tech companies, what’s inside the latest handset is almost as important. Tech repair firm iFixit opened up an iPhone 6 Plus bought in Melbourne, Australia, early Friday local time. This what iFixit has found so far: Highly rated Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Avago Technologies (AVGO) are in the 5.5-inch model. Qualcomm (QCOM) has a 4G