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PublicNASDAQ: QCOMFounded 1985🇺🇳🇮🇹🇪🇩🇅🇸🇹🇦🇹🇪🇸5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121CEO Cristiano R. Amon, president and CEO since June 2021

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Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) designs computing and connectivity platforms and licenses a large cellular patent portfolio.

Latest update Oct 6, 2026

Revenue
$9,947 million

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Overview

Subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. runs the QCT semiconductor business. The parent holds QTL, the licensing business. For the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2026, GAAP revenue was $9,947 million. Handset chip revenue fell from a year earlier, while automotive and IoT chip revenue rose. Qualcomm was founded in July 1985 and is based in San Diego.

investor.qualcomm.comUpdated Oct 6, 2026

Analysis · 1 min read · Oct 6, 2026The long view on Qualcomm: strategy, technology and what to watch

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Products1

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Key metrics

Employees
About 52,000 as of September 28, 2025
Est. annual revenue
$9,947 million
Q3 FY2026 GAAP revenue
$9,947 million
QCT handsets, Q3 FY2026
$5,086 million
QCT automotive, Q3 FY2026
$1,588 million

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Operations & revenue

Operating status

Active

Public company, NASDAQ: QCOM. Fiscal 2026 third quarter ran from March 30, 2026 to June 28, 2026 and was reported on July 29, 2026. The fiscal fourth quarter ended September 27, 2026, and those results are not in this profile.

Revenue streams

  • QCT semiconductors

    QCT sells chip platforms, including Snapdragon, through Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In the quarter ended June 28, 2026, QCT revenue was $8,504 million. Handsets were $5,086 million, automotive $1,588 million, and IoT $1,830 million.

  • QTL patent licensing

    QTL sits in Qualcomm Incorporated with the vast majority of the patent portfolio. In the quarter ended June 28, 2026, QTL revenue was $1,278 million, down 3%, and earnings before tax were $881 million.

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Timeline3

  1. 2026

    1. Fiscal third quarter reported

      On July 29, 2026 Qualcomm reported GAAP revenue of $9,947 million for the quarter ended June 28, 2026, down 4% from a year earlier. The release says the company completed the acquisition of Modular Inc and does not state a price or close date.

  2. 2021

    1. Cristiano Amon becomes CEO

      Cristiano R. Amon has served as president and chief executive officer, and as a director, since June 2021. He joined Qualcomm in 1995.

  3. 1985

    1. Founded

      The investor FAQ says Qualcomm was founded in July 1985 and lists headquarters at 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121.

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