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Could be because Intel has an actual fab in Ireland, while Qualcomm, like AMD, are fab-less chip companies.

And i'm not sure if Intel has offered such deals, or simply been selling their Atom chips below cost.

There may also be some issue with Qualcomm sitting on some radio patents. Samsung had to use Qualcomm chips in some Galaxy variants to function on Verizon networks, for instance.




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