Editing Qualcomm (section)

{{Short description|American semiconductor company}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Qualcomm Incorporated
| logo = [[File:Qualcomm-Logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert-image]]
| logo_upright = 1.2
| image = Qualcomm Headquarters La Jolla.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| image_caption = Headquarters in San Diego, California
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NASDAQ|QCOM}}|[[Nasdaq-100]] component|[[S&P 100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1985|7}}
| founders = {{ubl|[[Irwin M. Jacobs|Irwin Jacobs]]|[[Andrew Viterbi]]|Franklin Antonio}}
| location_city = [[San Diego]], California
| location_country = U.S.
| area = 
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Cristiano Amon]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Mark D. McLaughlin ([[chairman]])}}
| industry = {{nowrap|[[Telecoms equipment]]s<br />[[Semiconductor industry|Semiconductor]]s}}
| products = [[CDMA]]/[[WCDMA]] [[chipsets]], [[Snapdragon (processor)|Snapdragon]], Dragonwing, [[Qualcomm Brew|BREW]], OmniTRACS, [[MediaFLO]], [[QChat]], [[Interferometric modulator display|mirasol displays]], uiOne, [[Qualcomm Gobi|Gobi]], [[Qizx]], [[Central processing unit|CPU]]
| subsid = {{ubl|[[Airgo Networks]]|[[CSR plc]]|[[Ikanos Communications]]|Nuvia|[[Qualcomm Atheros]]|[[SiRF]]}}
| num_employees = {{circa|49,000}} (2024)
| revenue = {{Increase}} {{US$|38.96 [[1,000,000,000|billion]]|link=yes}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{Increase}} {{US$|10.07 billion}} (2024)
| net_income = {{Increase}} {{US$|10.14 billion}} (2024)
| assets = {{Increase}} {{US$|55.15 billion}} (2024)
| equity = {{Increase}} {{US$|26.27 billion}} (2024)
| website = {{url|https://www.qualcomm.com/|qualcomm.com}}
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|09|29|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432824000075/qcom-20240929.htm |title=US SEC: 2024 Form 10-K Qualcomm Incorporated |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Qualcomm Incorporated''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|l|k|ɒ|m}})<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref> is an American [[multinational corporation]] headquartered in [[San Diego]], California, and [[Delaware General Corporation Law|incorporated in Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=EDGAR Search Results|url=https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=qcom&owner=exclude&action=getcompany|website=sec.gov|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806152257/https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=qcom&owner=exclude&action=getcompany|url-status=live}}</ref> It creates semiconductors, software and services related to wireless technology. It owns patents critical to the [[5G]], [[4G]],<ref name="qualcomm.com">{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Licensing &#124; Intellectual Property |url=https://www.qualcomm.com/company/licensing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402135429/https://www.qualcomm.com/company/licensing |archive-date=April 2, 2021 |access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref> [[CDMA2000]], [[TD-SCDMA]] and [[WCDMA]] mobile communications standards.

Qualcomm was established in 1985 by [[Irwin M. Jacobs|Irwin Jacobs]] and six other co-founders. Its early research into [[CDMA]] wireless cell phone technology was funded by selling a two-way mobile digital satellite communications system known as Omnitracs. After a heated debate in the wireless industry, CDMA was adopted as a 2G standard in North America, with Qualcomm's patents incorporated.<ref name="Chafkin King 2017"/> Afterwards, there was a series of legal disputes about pricing for licensing patents required by the standard.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Guy|last1=Daniels|website=TelecomTV|url=https://www.telecomtv.com/content/business-models/first-the-ftc-now-apple-is-qualcomm-s-business-model-under-threat-14309/|title=First the FTC, now Apple: is Qualcomm's business model under threat?|date=January 23, 2017 }}</ref>

Over the years, Qualcomm has expanded into selling semiconductor products in a predominantly [[fabless manufacturing]] model. It also developed semiconductor components or software for vehicles, watches, laptops, wi-fi, smartphones, and other devices.