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I have worked with many of the people at NVIDIA's Bristol design centre over the years; they are very experienced and capable engineers. Sadly this seems to be another instance of the typical cycle - US acquisition of an ambitious start-up followed by closure a few years later; many of us have been through it more than once. Unfortunately it coincides with a dearth of funding for new semi startups. On the positive side, you can certainly rely on the resilience and dedication of UK chip designers as well as their engineering aptitude.
The reality is that LTE Modems used to be very rare, something Qualcomm capitalized on by having one and that NVIDIA hoped to help make it a success in mobile. The reality is the NVIDIA has failed in mobile and wisely withdrawn (along with Freescale, TI, Broadcom). The group is apparently up for sale. The people who might be interested would be people who build their own application processors but don't yet have internal LTE modem capability and maybe want one. Two companies spring to mind: Apple and Huawei.
... The people who might be interested would be people who build their own application processors but don't yet have internal LTE modem capability and maybe want one. Two companies spring to mind: Apple and Huawei.
I wonder if the reason for being wound down is related to the trouble they were having getting their modems qualified with Chinese and American operators.
The reality is that LTE Modems used to be very rare, something Qualcomm capitalized on by having one and that NVIDIA hoped to help make it a success in mobile. The reality is the NVIDIA has failed in mobile and wisely withdrawn (along with Freescale, TI, Broadcom). The group is apparently up for sale. The people who might be interested would be people who build their own application processors but don't yet have internal LTE modem capability and maybe want one. Two companies spring to mind: Apple and Huawei.
Apple already has their own modem team. Some are from Broadcom. Getting qualified is the challenge but probably not so much of a challenge for Apple. We may see an integrated modem on the A9 but probably more likely on the A10.
