For Qualcomm, many people do not know much, the most mentioned should be the processor chip in their own mobile phones, after all, Android flagship mobile phones if not equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series flagship processors, are embarrassed to call their flagship phones.
And Qualcomm also has its own chips in the low-end market, and the performance is certainly not so strong, but in the corresponding price point, it is also good.
In the end, Qualcomm and smart phone manufacturers are also mutual achievements, with Qualcomm's powerful processor, there is a stronger and stronger performance of smart phones, and the feedback of smart phone users has also promoted the progress and development of Qualcomm.
However, many people's understanding of Qualcomm is limited to mobile phone chips, in fact, Qualcomm has formed its own advantages in four major areas, and the potential market in these areas has grown from $100 billion to $700 billion.
Many people for the number of large may not be clear about the concept, if a market capacity can reach 700 billion US dollars, may not be very easy to understand, but in fact, this number is almost equivalent to the sum of the market value of the two major domestic Internet giants, you know.
To be honest, Qualcomm's advantages in these aspects also come from its years of accumulation, whether it is 5G network connection, or AI engine computing power, etc., there are strong technical patent support.
In today's era of 5G and AI convergence of the Internet of Everything, Qualcomm divides its business into four categories.
First of all, the first type of nature is smart phones, after all, there are more than 2 billion smart devices equipped with Snapdragon devices, and people already have a deep brand mark in their hearts. Whether it is Xiaomi, Honor, OPPO, vivo or Samsung, etc., they are equipped with a new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform.
Secondly, the second category is to talk about the field of RF front-end, Qualcomm has also achieved a good result of revenue first in the smartphone RF front-end market, and the cumulative shipment of Qualcomm RF front-end units in 2021 has exceeded 8 billion, and it has to be said that this achievement is indeed outstanding.
In addition, there is a third category in the field of smart car chips, many technology giants announced to enter the smart car market, but also proved that its potential is being released, especially the current smart car, more like a large smart device, batteries and seat wheels are more like external hardware, and internal intelligence, but also depends on the Internet of Vehicles.
Qualcomm began to lay out the automotive field in 2002, and in the past 20 years, Qualcomm has ranked first in the field of in-vehicle networking and automotive wireless connectivity, in short, more than 150 million cars around the world have adopted Qualcomm automotive wireless solutions.
And more than 25 well-known automakers, including BMW and Tesla, have adopted the Snapdragon digital cockpit platform. BMW, in particular, has also adopted Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride platform in its autonomous driving assistance system.
This fourth point naturally refers to the broader Internet of Things market, which has been said for many years, and with the strong connectivity and low latency of 5G networks, it is becoming popular.
In particular, there is the concept of the "meta-universe", and in fact, Qualcomm's XR platform has become the first choice for many VR and AR terminal devices.
Just looking at it, the 5G strength of the new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform can be seen, and its built-in Snapdragon X65 baseband supports download peak rates of up to 10Gbps, coupled with the powerful computing power of the seventh generation AI engine, it can be called the strongest 5G mobile platform.
Thanks to Qualcomm's investment and innovation for more than 30 years, it has planted fruitful results, from smart phones, to cars, and then to the "meta-universe", qualcomm to why to go to the 700 billion US dollars of large market, the reason has been clear at a glance!