Qualcomm Looks to the Future: Steve Mollenkopf's CDNLive Keynote
Steve Mollenkopf, the CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, gave one of the keynotes at CDNLive here in Silicon Valley. Just a little background in case you know little about Qualcomm. They started in satellite communications. Then they pioneered CDMA technology that was initially used in the US, Korea, Japan, and other places around the world in 2G phones. They went on to develop technology that underlies later generations as well. They made CDMA technology available for other companies to license, but to ensure that the technology got traction they developed the baseband and infrastructure chips themselves, and initially even had a joint-venture handset company with Sony. As 3G and 4G came along, they continued to develop modems and also APs, integrating them as SoCs and grew dramatically to where they are today, the #1 fabless semiconductor company in the world, and #4 overall (behind Intel, Samsung, and SK Hynix).
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