I-Qualcomm ikhiphe imiphumela yayo yezezimali ngekota yokugcina, futhi ngokuqinisekile inokuningi okumele iziqhayise ngakho. Phakathi nenkathi ka-Okthoba-December, okuyikota yokuqala yalo nyaka onyakeni wezimali wenkampani, ukuthengiswa kwayo kufinyelele ku-8,2 billion dollars (cishe imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-177), okungama-62% ngaphezulu konyaka nonyaka.
Okuhlaba umxhwele nakakhulu izibalo zemali engenayo, efinyelela kumadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,45 (cishe imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-52,9). Lokhu kusho ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngo-165%.
Kepha phakathi nocingo lwengqungquthela nabatshalizimali, isikhulu seQualcomm esiphumayo uCristiano Amon uxwayise ngokuthi inkampani ayikwazi ukuhlangabezana ngokugcwele nesidingo okwamanje nokuthi imboni yama-chip izobhekana nokushoda komhlaba wonke ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo.
Njengoba kwaziwa, i-Qualcomm ihlinzeka ngama-chip kuzo zonke izinkampani ezinkulu zama-smartphone, kodwa ayiwakhiqizi futhi ithembele ku-TSMC naku-Samsung ngalokhu. Kodwa-ke, phakathi nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, abathengi sebeqalile ukuthenga amakhompyutha amaningi omsebenzi ekhaya nasezimotweni, okusho ukuthi izinkampani kulezo zimboni zinyuse ama-chip oda.
Apple isimemezele ukuthi ayikwazi ukuhlangabezana nesidingo iPhonech 12, ngenxa "yokutholakala okulinganiselwe kwezinye izingxenye". Khumbula ukuthi i-Qualcomm ingumphakeli wayo oyinhloko wamamodemu e-5G. Nokho akuzona kuphela izinkampani zobuchwepheshe kodwa nezinkampani zezimoto zinezinkinga. Isibonelo, omunye wabakhiqizi bezimoto abakhulu kakhulu emhlabeni, iGeneral Motors, uzonciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwezimboni ezintathu ngesizathu esifanayo, okungukuthi ukuntuleka kwezingxenye.
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