Qualcomm buying Nuvia is a bigger deal than you think
(Android Central)

Qualcomm says it will use Nuvia`s tech in all of its high-end products. Qualcomm recently announced that it intends to spend $1.4 billion to acquire Nuvia, a small start-up that specializes in building high-speed ARM server chips. Any deal of this nature would be subject to regulatory investigation, but this one will get a bit of extra scrutiny — Nuvia was founded by ex-Apple chip designer Gerard Williams who left the company under an agreement that he does not compete with Apple`s chip business. Building servers was fine with Apple because the company doesn`t try to make any serious gains in that market. Instead, it spends resources on chips for consumer electronics, like phones or laptops. And it just so happens that Qualcomm has said the acquisition of Nuvia will provide tech for high-end chips for consumer electronics like the best Android phones as well as servers and self-driving cars. The deal itself may be clouded by Apple`s lawsuit against Williams and Nuvia, but I real...