Qualcomm

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Public company Semiconductor company Technology company Telecommunications company

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company best known for designing Snapdragon mobile processors and developing key wireless technologies such as 3G, 4G, and 5G.

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Label	Occurrences
Qualcomm canonical	67
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	4
QCOM	1
Qualcomm AI Engine	1
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies	1
Qualcomm Incorporated	1
Qualcomm Snapdragon	1
Qualcomm developer network	1
Snapdragon mobile processor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T232410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Qualcomm
Context triple: [Intel Corporation, competesWith, Qualcomm]

A. Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility is a consumer electronics company best known for designing and manufacturing Android smartphones and smartwatches, including devices running Google's Wear OS platform.
B. Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
C. Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
D. Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
E. Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Qualcomm
Target entity description: Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company best known for designing Snapdragon mobile processors and developing key wireless technologies such as 3G, 4G, and 5G.

A. Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility is a consumer electronics company best known for designing and manufacturing Android smartphones and smartwatches, including devices running Google's Wear OS platform.
B. Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
C. Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
D. Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
E. Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Public company ⓘ Semiconductor company ⓘ Technology company ⓘ Telecommunications company ⓘ
areaServed	Worldwide ⓘ
coreBusiness	Design of mobile processors ⓘ Design of wireless chipsets ⓘ Licensing of wireless communication patents ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Adelia Coffman ⓘ Andrew Cohen ⓘ Andrew Viterbi ⓘ Franklin Antonio ⓘ Harvey White ⓘ Irwin M. Jacobs ⓘ Klein Gilhousen ⓘ
foundingLocation	San Diego, California ⓘ linked to: San Diego, California, United States
hasDivision	Qualcomm CDMA Technologies ⓘ linked to: Qualcomm Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ⓘ linked to: Qualcomm
hasPatentPortfolioIn	3G wireless technologies ⓘ 4G wireless technologies ⓘ 5G wireless technologies ⓘ CDMA-based technologies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Diego, California ⓘ linked to: San Diego, California, United States
inception	1985 ⓘ
industry	Consumer electronics ⓘ Semiconductors ⓘ Wireless telecommunications ⓘ
keyTechnology	3G ⓘ 4G LTE ⓘ linked to: LTE 5G NR ⓘ CDMA ⓘ linked to: IMT-2000 family OFDM-based cellular technologies ⓘ WCDMA ⓘ linked to: UMTS
legalForm	Corporation ⓘ
notableProduct	Adreno GPU ⓘ Hexagon DSP ⓘ Qualcomm AI Engine ⓘ linked to: Qualcomm Qualcomm Quick Charge ⓘ Snapdragon mobile processor ⓘ linked to: Qualcomm Snapdragon modem ⓘ Snapdragon system-on-chip ⓘ
revenueSource	Chip sales ⓘ Technology licensing fees ⓘ
specializesIn	Automotive chipsets ⓘ Cellular modems ⓘ Internet of Things chipsets ⓘ Mobile SoCs ⓘ RF front-end solutions ⓘ Wireless standards development ⓘ
stockExchange	NASDAQ ⓘ
tickerSymbol	QCOM ⓘ linked to: Qualcomm

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Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intel Corporation → competesWith → Qualcomm ⓘ

Google Pixel → chipsetBrand → Qualcomm Snapdragon ⓘ

subject linked to: Pixel

linked to: Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear → designer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear → manufacturer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear → parentCompany → Qualcomm Incorporated ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

SoftBank Vision Fund → backedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

FIRST → hasPartner → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm → notableProduct → Snapdragon mobile processor ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Qualcomm → notableProduct → Qualcomm AI Engine ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Qualcomm → tickerSymbol → QCOM ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Qualcomm → hasDivision → Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Qualcomm → hasDivision → Qualcomm CDMA Technologies ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Andrew Viterbi → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

Andrew Viterbi → employer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Apple A17 Pro → integratedModemVendor → Qualcomm ⓘ

United States technology sector → majorCompany → Qualcomm ⓘ

Advanced Micro Devices → competesWith → Qualcomm ⓘ

Arm Ltd. → notableCustomer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm Stadium → sponsor → Qualcomm ⓘ

Irwin M. Jacobs → coFounderOf → Qualcomm ⓘ

OpenCL → backedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

Franklin Antonio → employer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Franklin Antonio → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

Adreno → manufacturer → Qualcomm ⓘ

subject linked to: Adreno GPU

Adreno → developer → Qualcomm ⓘ

subject linked to: Adreno GPU

Adreno → ownedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

subject linked to: Adreno GPU

Hexagon DSP → developer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Hexagon DSP → manufacturer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm Quick Charge → developer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Qualcomm Quick Charge → marketedBy → Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Snapdragon system-on-chip → developedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon system-on-chip → manufacturer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon system-on-chip → ownedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

Harvey White → notableWork → Qualcomm ⓘ

Harvey White → employer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Harvey White → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon modem → manufacturer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon modem → developer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon modem → marketedBy → Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ⓘ

linked to: Qualcomm

Adelia Coffman → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

Snapdragon Stadium → sponsor → Qualcomm ⓘ

aptX → developedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

aptX → acquiredBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

aptX → marketedBy → Qualcomm ⓘ

SD Association → hasMember → Qualcomm ⓘ

Mobile World Congress 2014 → majorExhibitor → Qualcomm ⓘ

Andrew Viterbi → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

subject linked to: Andrew Cohen

GlobalFoundries → hasCustomer → Qualcomm ⓘ

Klein Gilhousen → coFounded → Qualcomm ⓘ

Klein Gilhousen → employer → Qualcomm ⓘ

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