After Snapdragon S4 fiasco, Qualcomm mulls own wafer fab. Or Apple-like big checks to suppliers

Qualcomm is reportedly getting sick of TSMC's issues with the 28 nm process used to make its Snapragon S4 systems-on-a-chip (SOCs) – and the shipping delays that these have caused so far. This lack of supply has, in fact, affected its earnings for the second quarter, and will further take its toll on the numbers for Q3. So, understandably, the company is thinking about doing something to prevent such situations from ever occurring again. Although Qualcomm is one of the world's biggest chip designers, it's also the world's biggest fabless chip maker – which means that it doesn't have its own factories to make those chips in.

Unwired View , After Snapdragon S4 fiasco, Qualcomm mulls own wafer fab. Or Apple-like big checks to suppliers, After Snapdragon S4 fiasco, Qualcomm mulls own wafer fab. Or Apple-like big checks to suppliers