Qualcomm
Qualcomm bought it in 2005 for $600 million so it could keep collecting royalties as 4G moved away from CDMA.
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A wireless technology company that held patents for OFDMA, the basis of 4G.
Qualcomm bought it in 2005 for $600 million so it could keep collecting royalties as 4G moved away from CDMA.
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OtherA consumer technology company that makes the Mac, iPod, iPhone and software.
OtherGoogle's web search product, now including AI Overviews, AI Mode and Lens.
OtherGoogle's app store for Android, with its own listing rules and search ranking.
John D. Rockefeller's oil refining company that came to dominate American kerosene and oil distribution.
OtherThe world's leading contract chip maker, a pure-play foundry that manufactures chips for fabless designers.
OtherAn electric car maker that builds its own key components and factories.
OtherA semiconductor company that made memory chips and the first microprocessor.
OtherA private aerospace company building reusable rockets, the Dragon capsule, Starship and the Starlink satellite network.