Everytime his email comes, it looks like Q has exploded into an amazing new territory and won designs. Is that to just keep Q folks motivated or is it just a ploy. I am inclined to think the latter but getting communications is better than none, I... — read more 

Talk is, with Paul starting Xcom it makes it a conciliatory agreement to take Qc private and work with Broadcom to give them the monopoly they both wish for. Watch for the news to hit this coming week.

how did they manage to sneak in here, this is not very common in other companies.

Either get your a-- back to learning and change your situation or sit back, enjoy the sunny SoCal and accept whatever QCOM does to you. simple.

Did any of you guys get HR pep talk? My whole group was called in a meeting room and shown slid3s on how to improve morale. This sh-- is bananas..first they f--- up the whole faith and now they see that attrition is all time high they tey to salvage... — read more 

SVPs and guests : Gulfstreams are fueled for the long hard slog to weekend Hawaii compounds. Depart Carlsbad at 14:00 sharp.

"The fast-food market has become increasingly competitive, and McDonald's is suffering; the company has announced it will cut layers of managers, reports The Wall Street Journal. It's part of a half-billion-dollar plan to shrink administrative... — read more 

Heard from several sources notifications will be going out in August. It'll be a big one. Anybody here has more info on it?

Check out on "The Office" episode

Both design and VI ? I saw a couple good folks left, wide spread departures ? They need to offer something beyond attaching to BB parts.

I'm submitting you a bad review this year

Will be merged into R&D. Keep working on server chips. Wonder how to get 1b dollars target?

XCOM like old days. Say bye to QC pathetic management, nepotism and lack of visiOn. Join the future! Why wait?

Don't Paul, Der, and Mattie realize the ticker symbol is taken already? Cue up the 3 stooges music.

I really hope those planning to join XCOM do their research and realize who they will be working for before they decide to accept the offer. My biggest hope is they find this board but there are other places where they have more than enough info on... — read more 

We know how the acquired FSL folks won the battle and now you want to repeat the same with Qualcomm by taking over the company.

To treat employees fairly you must use the front door!

Go luck everyone. So relieved to have a decent job to go to; bit lower salary but very hopeful for much better lifestyle and repairing my health.

Please add XCOM and link it to QCOM (back and forth)... Thanks!!! #AdminRequest #Mods #Mod #Admins #Admin #Request

Here's the link to the U-T article: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/sd-fi-jacobs-xcom-20180606-story.html

Correct me if I'm wrong but HXT got pissed because they thought they were going to have people backing the product, but QC decided to sell it to Ampere (leaving out all the other screwing done by Jacobs and what not). China got pissed and NXP was not... — read more 

MG has become the epitome of uselessness. Doesn’t know anything just knows to cut recklessly and won’t answer any qn in ahm.

Qualcom HR and execs on this board want you to think Apple work culture is toxic to curb the attrition of key Qualcomm employees. I joined Apple from Qualcomm 4 months ago. It was the best decision of my career. After you have been at Qualcomm for so... — read more 

This is in evaluation. Details could change or may not happen. Details i have so far: 1) Google wants to take a stab at Apples margins and wants tighter control over system. 2) They are not happy with hal/driver behavior and also proprietary moduled... — read more 

Its been almost a month and now ppl are starting to get back to reality.. Seeing status reports...n other items being demanded. people are so reselient.. i guess they know they have to work to keep getting paid. the dates arent pushed so goodluck... — read more 

Initially you will be welcomed. Then after a period the toxic environment inside of Q will spread. The SD crowd will start their politics, the mission grabs, the non-cooperation, and undermining. Upper mgt will do nothing to stop it because in... — read more 

Things are getting more complicated by the day... Qualcomm, the US chipmaker, is in a stand-off with a group of bondholders after telling them it does not intend to compensate them for the delay to its $44bn acquisition of NXP Semiconductors... — read more 

http://fortune.com/2015/01/25/india-the-next-superpower/ The final factor that could position India as a superpower is its geopolitical advantage. ... Similarly, the U.S. would like to expand bilateral trade with India, which reached $95 billion in... — read more 

Products are complimentary but there is bound to be duplication. Which teams would be considered as overlapping and how long before there is a layoff in the combined company? NXP has the same number of employees as Qualcomm but half the revenue... — read more 

Quick folks apply for it now? http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/31/secret-apple-engineering-lab-pops-up-in-oregon-with-intel-tech-alumni

This company is going downhill. Any smart engineer would leave

Speaking about the toxic culture at Apple, just look at layoff.com/apple and how inactive it is. Then compare it with the activity here. I’d rather work in a place with a so called Toxic environment rather than having no work and a company that Lays... — read more 

When is the next round of layoffs ? November ?

Too bad it is gonna get ruined by Q's culture!

This is not good. Team has been cooking the books to boost stock price. Can anyone verify? I hear this goes all the way back to SVE and PD..... Not good....if true.

The head count in NXP(9bil revenue and 30k headcount) is way too bloated to sustain in comparison to QCOM(20Bil revenue and 30k headcount) and QCOM headcount is bloated in comparison to BRCM(19Bil revenue with 16k odd headcount). QCM-NXP merger is... — read more 

From the world 1st 1ghz mobile phone processor to the world 1st 10nm server processor, Raleigh CPU team has consistently produced leading edge and world class products.

I recently joined QCT as an experienced engineer. I am amazed at the inefficiency of the SOC engineering. We got done what QCT does with half the people. Seems like the mentality at Q is pile on a ton of people to accomplish each step of the... — read more