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Qualcomm (QCOM.O) announced the renewal of its global patent licensing agreement with Apple (AAPL.O).

According to Gate market data, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose by 4%. Nvidia increased by 2.3%, Qualcomm rose by 8%, ASML went up by 2.05%, and Intel surged by 11.9%.

Recently, the market has reported that Apple is developing an enterprise-level AI server, possibly equipped with 2 to 4 unreleased M8 Ultra processors. The target customers include AI developers, large enterprises, and government agencies, primarily for AI inference. This edge data center may utilize NVLink. Both Apple and NVIDIA have not responded.The supply chain believes that Apple has entered this related business because the Mac series is widely used as personal AI workstations, with Mac revenue growing nearly 30% in the last quarter. Apple is purchasing a large number of NVIDIA chips and Google TPUs for its own AI data center and is rumored to be collaborating with Broadcom to develop its own AI chips. Qualcomm's Dragonfly product line includes a complete cabinet solution for edge AI inference.There are reports that Xiaomi is laying out an edge AI cabinet route, having previously announced a personalized AI workstation concept product called AI Cube, which internally features three self-developed chips: Xuan Ring O3, O100, and D100. The supply chain has also indicated that TSMC plays a key role in advanced processes or advanced packaging.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Qualcomm are jointly developing organic bridge technology for 2.1D packaging, with related development and validation ongoing for over a year. The organic bridge is similar to the silicon bridge used in Intel's EMIB but is made with organic materials and produced using substrate processes to connect multiple semiconductor chips within the same package.Samsung Electro-Mechanics embeds the organic bridge in FC-BGA substrates with grooves, connecting Qualcomm chips and evaluating performance and reliability. Qualcomm is considering using it for large multi-chip semiconductors in data centers and applied for related patents in October 2024. Samsung Electro-Mechanics is also developing this technology in parallel with several other customers.The organic bridge aims for 5 to 7 layers of redistribution layers, with line widths and spacings of 1.5 to 2 microns, and vias of 4 to 5 microns, achieving a pattern density of 500 to 1000 per millimeter between chips. Samsung Electro-Mechanics is self-manufacturing and evaluating samples while also assessing external suppliers and collaborating with Samsung Electronics' wafer foundry for packaging evaluations.

According to The Bell, Samsung Electronics' foundry division has delayed its contract for application processor foundry production with Qualcomm due to differences in production unit prices, and both parties have failed to narrow the price gap, prolonging negotiations. There have been no significant technical issues, and the currently discussed 2-nanometer process has received a considerable degree of stabilization evaluation.Industry sources indicate that the Qualcomm AP foundry using Samsung's 2-nanometer process may be postponed until next year, and it is unclear whether production can commence within this year. Qualcomm had previously entrusted advanced AP production to Samsung before 2021, and Samsung has been continuously striving to regain this business in recent years, having secured clients such as Tesla and Broadcom.Informed sources state that the contract delay has made it difficult for Samsung to produce APs for Qualcomm this year, and both parties may turn to discuss the next generation of products. After acquiring strategic clients, Samsung is no longer willing to accept low-price orders as it did in the past.

Piper Sandler initiated coverage on Intel with a neutral rating and a target price of $110; gave Qualcomm a neutral rating with a target price of $190; and assigned an overweight rating to NVIDIA with a target price of $300.

The world's largest smartphone processor manufacturer Qualcomm announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to develop the latter as a data center chip customer. This collaboration will span "multiple generations" of products, and both parties will develop custom silicon chips to support Amazon Web Services (AWS) artificial intelligence infrastructure.According to the agreement, Amazon has the right to acquire up to $4 billion in Qualcomm shares. The two sides will also collaborate on developing chips for running AI services, as well as chips for connecting computer components.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones down 0.7%, the S&P 500 index down 0.1%, and the Nasdaq up 0.08%.Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 5% after reaching a multi-generational product collaboration agreement with Amazon (AMZN.O). Intel (INTC.O) rose 6%, with reports that its CPUs will increase in price by another 10%. ASML (ASML.O) rose 3.8%, and TSMC (TSM.N) rose 2.4%, as both parties initiated a collaboration on high numerical aperture EUV photomasks.

According to Gate market data, Qualcomm surged over 7% in pre-market trading, as it is reported that it has reached a multi-generational product collaboration agreement with Amazon.

Supply chain sources revealed that due to the overall cost surge, Intel's PC CPUs have been gradually increasing in price over the past year, with a tentative additional increase of 10% expected in early October.In the context of a slight decline projected for the PC terminal market in 2027, Intel still chooses to raise CPU prices. Supply chain analysis indicates that if Intel sets low profit margins as an important threshold for product retention, some products will inevitably be forced to exit the market. Once this demand is released, it may provide opportunities for Arm-based operators like MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter, especially in the IPC, edge computing, and IoT markets, where Arm SoCs have advantages in high integration and low power consumption.

Qualcomm announced a double-digit increase in chip prices starting September 1, applicable to chips shipped after that date. Qualcomm informed customers in July that it could no longer absorb rising supplier costs. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon stated in an interview with Reuters that they are simply passing on the significant cost increases they are facing.Apple continues to procure modem chips from Qualcomm for the iPhone 17 models while transitioning to self-developed modems. Qualcomm expects revenue from Apple to decline faster than previously anticipated, dropping about 50% from the September quarter to the December quarter, as supply constraints will reduce Qualcomm's component share in the iPhone 18 series. Qualcomm also provides mobile chips for manufacturers like Samsung, with price increases covering its product line and negotiating separately with customers.

Qualcomm released its Q3 2026 fiscal year financial report, with revenue of $9.95 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 4%, slightly higher than the market expectation of $9.67 billion; adjusted earnings per share were $2.21, basically in line with expectations; net profit was $2 billion. The chip business (QCT) revenue was $8.5 billion, of which mobile-related business was $5.1 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 20%; automotive electronics business revenue reached a record $1.59 billion, a year-on-year increase of 61%, achieving double-digit year-on-year growth for 23 consecutive quarters; Internet of Things business revenue was $1.83 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%.Qualcomm expects adjusted earnings per share for Q4 to be between $2.05 and $2.25, below analysts' expectations of $2.36. CEO Cristiano Amon stated that revenue from Apple will enter a phase of accelerated decline, and due to supply chain constraints, Qualcomm's component share in the next-generation iPhone is "far below the previously estimated 20%." To cope with the contraction of its Apple business, Qualcomm is accelerating its diversification transformation, expecting its data center business to achieve approximately $5 billion in revenue by fiscal year 2027, and has completed the acquisition of AI software company Modular. Qualcomm plans to adjust prices for some products starting September 1 to address rising costs across the entire supply chain.

According to Jinshi reports, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and ARM will announce their Q2 2026 financial reports after the US stock market closes.

According to Jinshi, U.S. stock AI chip stocks showed mixed results before the market opened, with Qualcomm rising 13%, Intel up nearly 6%, AMD up nearly 4%, while Baidu fell 2% and Google dropped 1.4%.

According to Jinshi reports, Qualcomm's stock rose over 14% after hours, and Qualcomm's CFO stated that the goal is to achieve $5 billion in revenue from AI data center business by fiscal year 2027.

Qualcomm announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Modular to strengthen its generative AI and agent-based AI software foundation for data centers and edge environments. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.Qualcomm stated that Modular provides an open AI-native software stack that enables AI to run efficiently across different hardware architectures. Its unified platform supports CPU, GPU, NPU, and custom ASIC architectures without the need to rewrite models for each type of accelerator. For developers and enterprises, this means they can build once and deploy in different environments while reducing overall ownership costs.Qualcomm noted that as AI scales, efficiency rather than capability is becoming the limiting factor. Performance per watt will impact inference costs, and costs determine whether AI can scale. This acquisition will further help Qualcomm provide a chip-agnostic computing layer between devices, edge, and data centers, improving performance per watt, increasing hardware flexibility, and expanding the open developer ecosystem.

According to Jinshi, Qualcomm's stock in the U.S. night market once rose over 4%, and the current increase has narrowed to 3%. The news states that Qualcomm is in talks with ByteDance to provide customized chip design services.

According to Gate market data, U.S. chip stocks generally fell before the market opened, with Intel (INTC.O) down 7.6%, AMD (AMD.O) down more than 6%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) down 5.4%, and TSMC (TSM.N) down more than 4%. Baidu (BIDU.O), Broadcom (AVGO.O), and NVIDIA (NVDA.O) all fell by about 3%.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices closed higher, with the Dow Jones rising 0.05%, the S&P 500 index up 0.58%, and the Nasdaq up 0.91%. Qualcomm rose 4.24%, Microsoft rose 3.47%, IBM rose 3.53%, and American Rare Earths rose 5.58%. Micron Technology fell 0.53%, and Li Auto fell 1.52%.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rising 0.58%, the S&P 500 index up 0.37%, and the Nasdaq up 0.19%. Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 11.6%, leading the AI chip sector, while AMD (AMD.O) increased nearly 4%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down 2.2%, with NIO Inc. (NIO.N) falling over 7% and Baidu (BIDU.O) down 2.58%.