Qualcomm chip market share plunges in China after U.S. sanctions on Huawei


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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chip will be used in premium Android devices that could cost over $1000. Qualcomm Qualcomm’s market share of China’s smartphone chip market plunged in 2020 due to U.S. sanctions on Huawei, according to a new report. As a result, the country’s domestic mobile players turned to alternatives such as Taiwan’s MediaTek, according to CINNO Research. Last year, 307 million smartphone so-called system on chips (SOC) were shipped in China, down 20.8% year-on-year, the report said. SOC is a type of semiconductor that contains many components required for a device to work on a single chip, such as...