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Qualcomm's $3 billion wireless chip venture challenges Qorvo
2016-01-13 19:24:38| Electronics - Topix.net
Qualcomm, the biggest maker of chips that run smartphones, is teaming up with Japan's TDK Corp. to create a Singapore-based joint venture that will make components for the growing market for radio-frequency chips used in handsets, robotics, cars and drones. TDK surged, but the news presents a fresh challenge to other wireless chipmakers, including Skyworks and Qorvo, which employs 1,000 at a factory and corporate offices in Hillsboro.
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