Qualcomm

As of 2026-10-09, Qualcomm has 68 tracked suppliers and 4 tracked customers in this dataset; its largest supplier by market cap is TSMC.

Sourced from 4 references — SEC filing, primary source — last verified 2026-07-26.

Leading smartphone SoC and modem designer, expanding into PC and auto.

Ticker: NASDAQ: QCOM
Headquarters: San Diego
Founded: 1985
Employees: 45,000
Revenue: $44.3B (FY2025) · +13.7% YoY
Net income: $5.5B
Operating margin: 27.9%
Market position: leader
Value-chain segment: Mobile SoC, Networking Silicon
Key products: Snapdragon SoCs, modems, RF front-end

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm, headquartered in United States, operates in the Mobile SoC and Networking Silicon segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market leader there. Its key products include Snapdragon SoCs, modems, RF front-end. wafergraph maps 68 tracked suppliers and 4 tracked customers for Qualcomm across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 81/100, with 235 companies downstream of it. Qualcomm is a party to 4 tracked deals, including Broadcom's attempted Qualcomm takeover; Qualcomm's attempted NXP acquisition; Qualcomm acquires Nuvia.

Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in San Diego, California. The company develops and designs technologies for global communications and computing, including next-generation mobile networks, smart devices, and semiconductors — such as mobile processors and artificial intelligence chips. The company holds essential patents for global mobile communication standards including 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA.

Role in the chain

Qualcomm is a market leader in Design (Fabless) (Mobile SoC), headquartered in United States. Leading smartphone SoC and modem designer, expanding into PC and auto.

Diligence questions

The dataset records 68 tracked suppliers for Qualcomm. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
8 of Qualcomm's tracked suppliers are a monopoly or leader (including Arm Holdings, ASE Technology, Cadence Design Systems, eMemory Technology). Which of those are actually single-source for the process step you care about?
The dataset names 4 tracked customers for Qualcomm. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
Qualcomm is positioned as a leader in Design (Fabless). How replaceable is this vendor on the process step you are buying?
Qualcomm is headquartered in United States. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
Qualcomm trades as NASDAQ:QCOM. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?

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