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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Mullens who wrote (146666)	5/30/2018 3:34:47 PM
From: Qurious	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 196451

Jim, I probably made the wrong word choice in "silicon" and confused the issue. By silicon, I mean it in the figurative sense to encompass all Q deliverables. Obviously, Q's deliverables include more than just literal silicon. Certainly there are drivers, possibly RAN support layers etc. My point, however, remains that there are deliverables involved, whereas the preposterous Apple design patent, for instance, and the MEN cross-licenses do not. And when there are deliverables involved in, or in connection with, your IP, my belief is it is std industry practice to roll what you deem you can charge for that IP into the price of your deliverables. Is this better, clearer? Re modem price, what difference does it make to the handset manufacturer if it pays $30 for the modem, versus $18 for the modem and a $12 separate, device-based royalty?