Foxconn not in settlement talks with Qualcomm in Apple battle: attorney
Lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking damages from Qualcomm has said the manufacturers are not in settlement talks.
Lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking damages from Qualcomm has said the manufacturers are not in settlement talks.
Qualcomm is asking courts in China to ban sales of Apple's latest iPhone models XS and XR after winning a preliminary injunction against older models.
Evidence that major phone makers like Apple have moved to competing suppliers like Intel cannot be used to fight allegations against Qualcomm.
Qualcomm has rejected a suggestion by the White House that its collapsed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors could be revived.
Apple is not in talks "at any level" to settle its wide-ranging legal dispute with Qualcomm, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Qualcomm has alleged that Apple stole its trade secrets and gave them to Intel to improve its chips, the latest salvo in a drawn-out legal dispute.
Qualcomm has walked away from a US$44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval.
Qualcomm has no plans to abandon its efforts to create processors for data centres, the company's president, who oversees the chip division, said.
As part of Qualcomm's effort to determine whether Apple worked with Samsung to focus regulatory scrutiny on the chipmaker.
Qualcomm has begun cutting jobs as part of its promise to investors to cut annual costs by US$1 billion.
Broadcom is likely to pursue smaller acquisitions of chipmakers after its failed hostile takeover bid to acquire rival Qualcomm.
Sources indicate Broadcom is planning to scrap its bid for Qualcomm after US President, Donald Trump, blocked its proposed acquisition on national security grounds.
US President, Donald Trump, has blocked semiconductor maker Broadcom’s proposed takeover of Qualcomm on grounds of national security.
A US Government national security panel has identified potential risks that warrant a full investigation of Broadcom’s US$117 billion bid for Qualcomm.
Qualcomm urges Broadcom to enter into price negotiations for the first time, a potential step toward a deal after four months of disagreement.