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Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel (betanews.com)
Mark Wilson writes: Chip-maker Qualcomm has today accused Apple of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with Intel. The company alleges that Apple wanted Intel to be able to improve its own chips so it could move away from using Qualcomm's. Qualcomm and Apple are already engaged in a legal battle, and with its latest accusations, the chip-maker wants the court to amend its existing lawsuit against the company. Apple stands accused of engaging in a 'multi-year campaign of sloppy, inappropriate and deceitful conduct'. In the new filings, Qualcomm says that upon Apple's request it allowed the iPhone maker deep access to its software and tools, but with strict limits on how those products could be used. It said, "Indeed, it is now apparent Apple engaged in a years-long campaign of false promises, stealth and subterfuge designed to steal Qualcomm's confidential information and trade secrets for the purpose of improving the performance of lower-quality modem chipsets, with the ultimate goal of eliminating Qualcomm's Apple-based business."
If Apple handed Qualcomm's Trade Secrets over to Intel, don't you think that Intel would have delivered a better-performing MODEM than what is evidently in the iPhone Xs and Xs Max?
Intel's not THAT stupid. If someone handed them those secrets, they have enough smart people to implement them. So, I submit that Qualcomm's allegations are as trumped-up as most of their Patents.
Qualcomm is just a damned cry-baby. And an evil greedy one at that!
Next iPhone will have an APPLE-Designed MODEM. Apple doesn't put up with vendors that try to strong-arm (no Pun) it. I sincerely believe that Apple's goal is to take every critical component "in-house".