Qualcomm: 8% workforce layoffs due to low performance

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    "title": "Qualcomm: 8% workforce layoffs due to low performance - El Chapuzas Informático",
    "excerpt": "We all know Qualcomm as the company responsible for manufacturing the Snapdragon chips used in phones, tablets, and even laptops. Although it has always stood out for its great performance and is very well known, it has not been having very good results lately. In fact, Qualcomm's CEO announced a new round of worker layoffs and has warned that the company's performance is lower than expected. If you think back, Qualcomm has been present since practically the beginnings of Android mobile phones, because even back then we had single-core 1 GHz processors that were considered cutting-edge, just to show you how everything has changed. Today, we talk about chips with 8 cores or more that perform at over 5 GHz like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, although precisely this is one of the reasons for the chaos the company is currently going through. Qualcomm is going through a complicated situation after announcing a new round of worldwide layoffs, just as rumors have appeared about overheating problems and performance loss in its Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor. The CEO, Cristiano Amon, recently communicated that the workforce cuts are part of a strategy to improve productivity and strengthen the company's performance culture. Qualcomm considers that certain work results have been systematically below expectations, and therefore intends to reorganize its teams and adjust human...",
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