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by mynameisvlad 3148 days ago
I mean, if we go "household name" then I highly doubt NXP, Freescale, Broadcom or Qualcomm would make that list.

People don't usually research who makes the chips in their doohickeys and gizmos.

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Qualcomm has had commercials. Sometimes in pricey spots. They also have or had one or two stadium naming rights. So at least they'd be known by name (vaguely) by a decent percentage of Americans. Though would they know what Qualcomm does at all like even just "something with mobile devices"? No clue.

Not really a retort. Just Qualcomm is at least known perhaps more than all the other companies combined. As little as that's worth.

Yea agreed - which is why it seems silly to even bring up.