USomandla Qualcomm, umphakeli omkhulu wama-chips nengxenye ebalulekile ekwakhiweni kwamadivayisi we-elekthronikhi wezinkampani ezinjenge-Apple ne-Samsung, phakathi kokunye, kungaba njalo ezingxoxweni zokutholwa kusuka kwenye yezinkampani ezinamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni, Ama-Semiconductors eNXP (Okulandelayo eXPerience).
Le nkampani yona yathatha le nkampani yaseMelika Abakhiqizi: Freescale Semiconductor Inc. ekuqaleni konyaka odlule, ngenani eliphelele cishe lama- $ 17.600 billion. Kusuka lapho ithathwa njengenye ebaluleke kakhulu kulo mkhakhaeduze kwe Ithuluzi laseTexas.
I-Qualcomm, inkampani yaseMelika eyasungulwa ngo-1985, iyi- aziwa ngokuba ngumhlinzeki wezinkampani omkhulu kunabo bonke emkhakheni weselula, njenge I-Samsung, i-Huawei, i-LG, i-Sony noma i-Apple, enikeza kuyo ama-processor enza wonke amadivayisi ayo.
Le nkampani isezingxoxweni zokuthenga ama-NXP Semiconductors, ngoba ebiza ngaphezu kwama- $ 30.000 billion, njengoba yanyatheliswa iphephandaba laseMelika The Wall Street Journal.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi isivumelwano phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili singafinyelelwa ezinyangeni ezimbili noma ezintathu. I-NXP Semiconductors yazalwa ngo-2006, ngenxa yokwehlukaniswa komnyango we-semiconductor wenkampani yaseDashi iPhilips.
Ngokusemthethweni, ayikho kulezi zinkampani ebifuna ukwenza isitatimende mayelana nokutholakala okungenzeka. Kodwa-ke, imakethe yamasheya isiqala ukuqaphela imiphumela yale amahlebezi. Izolo, amasheya enkampani yaseYurophu akhuphuke ngo-19%, afinyelela enanini elingaba ngu- $ 98 ngesabelo ngasinye.
Labo Qualcomm baphinde bathola ukwanda cishe kwama-9%, bemi cishe ku- $ 69 ngesabelo ngasinye. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi njengamanje Qualcomm ingahle ibe nenani elilinganiselwa ku- $ 93.000 billion.
Lona inyunyana ingaba nomthelela omuhle kakhulu ezinkampanini ezibandakanyeka kulo mkhakha njenge-Apple, ngenxa yokusebenzisana okuhle okugcinwa ngumkhiqizi waseNyakatho Melika.