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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 172.72-4.4%Nov 4 3:59 PM EST
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To: slacker711 who wrote (48427)11/4/2005 12:27:21 PM
From: Jim Mullens  Read Replies (1) of 196444
 
Slacker, Re: BRCM Royalty Issue and “How in the world is this a perception issue? It is pretty simple, if a handset manufacturer uses a Qualcomm chipset instead of an identically priced Broadcom chipset, they pay less royalties”

I don’t see it that way. The royalty on the handset is based on the Handset ASP in each case-
$200 @ 5% = $10 in ROYALTIES payable to the Q from the handset mfg.

The $1.50 is paid by BRCM to the Q as a fixed amount per unit for IPR use, and therefore not a percentage based royalty.

Or,do you not believe the Q should be compensated by the chipset mfg for its IPR? 

 

...Handset			W/ Q MSM	W/O Q MSM 

Handset ASP		........$200		$200
H/S Royalty to Q @ 5%	........$ 10		$ 10

Chipset
..Q Chipset Rev		........$22
..BRCM chipset Rev	........		$22

Chip IPR rev to Q
..Q chipset			$0
..BRCM chipset		........		$ 1.50  (new method-  $/unit , not % of Chip ASP

Summary
..Qualcomm Rev/ HS
....H/S royalty	........	$10		$10
....Chipset Rev
......Actual Chipset		$22 		$  0			
......Chipset IPR		$  0		$ 1.50
....Total			$32		$11.50

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