Samsung Said to Drop Qualcomm Chip From Next Galaxy S
Attendees view the Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S4 smartphone during an event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
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Samsung Electronics Co. will use its own microprocessors in the next version of the Galaxy S smartphone, dropping its use of a Qualcomm Inc. chip that overheated during the Korean company’s testing, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, tested a new version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, known as the 810, and decided not to use it, the people said, asking not to be identified because the issue hasn’t been discussed publicly. Qualcomm shares fell on a day when the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index gained.