Qualcomm In Talks With Apple to Supply iPhone Chips

Qualcomm has confirmed they are in talks with Apple to supply chips for use in the iPhone.

Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs said, “we continue to discuss it, but haven’t made it yet,” in a Bloomberg Television interview in Hong Kong today. “Hopefully, in the future, we will have the opportunity.”


The San Diego-based company is the world's largest maker of handset chips and already sells semiconductors for devices that use Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile technology, and Google Inc.’s Android software.

“We talk to everybody in the industry,” Jacobs said. “We are very strong in the smart-phone market.”

Recently it was rumored that Apple will produce a new hybrid phone which will work will all global handset carriers whether UMTS or CDMA. Qualcomm hasannounced such a chip but its not likely to ship until 2011.