Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated is a fabless semiconductor and wireless-technology company that designs and licenses foundational intellectual property for mobile connectivity and high-performance, low-power compute. For its fiscal year 2025, ended September 28, 2025, the company reported $38.96 billion in total revenue, with its QCT semiconductor segment contributing $33.0 billion and its QTL licensing segment adding $5.96 billion from a portfolio exceeding 140,000 issued patents and pending applications. On October 26, 2025, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, fabricated on TSMC’s 3 nm process, featuring second-generation custom Oryon CPU cores and a 45% improvement in NPU performance over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. As of the quarter ended September 28, 2025, its automotive design-win pipeline reached $45 billion, anchored by the Snapdragon Digital Chassis. The company’s diversification into on-device generative AI, automotive compute, and Arm-based PC processors—including the Snapdragon X Elite series launched in June 2024—positions it to challenge Intel, AMD, and MediaTek as edge inference reshapes the semiconductor competitive landscape.