Qualcomm's Licensing Model Is the Most Stable in the Industry

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There seems to be a lot of huge lawsuits in this space. Does this get in the way of innovation or does it promote it? We always had this model that rather than invent the technology and be the only one producing the products, we license so everyone can produce it. As part of our past dispute with Apple, that's behind us now. Your friends now. They're my customers.

Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation systems inside premium Android phones and other robots. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:43) – Football/soccer
(07:38) – Smartphones
(10:09) – 5G
(26:27) – Snapdragon
(32:45) – Apple and Google
(37:19) – Future of Qualcomm
(48:20) – Autonomous vehicles
(50:05) – Robots
(52:31) – Chip shortage
(56:40) – Lawsuits
(1:00:07) – Leadership
(1:04:26) – Advice for young people
(1:08:17) – Meaning of life