In response to the online news, the US semiconductor giant Qualcomm Shanghai will lay off a large -scale layoff. Qualcomm responded that the company's adjustment measures include layoffs, but the so -called "large -scale layoffs" and "evacuating Shanghai" exaggerated their words.
Comprehensive financial reports of the First Financial and Pengbai News, some netizens posted on social media this week that Qualcomm Shanghai's research and development department will lay off a large area of layoffs, leaving only the personnel department and some other personnel.Subsidy layoffs.
In this regard, Qualcomm responded on Thursday (September 21) that Qualcomm proposed at the third quarter financial report conference calling that, in view of the continuous uncertainty of the macroeconomic and demand environment, the company is expected to further adopt further adoptionAdjust measures to achieve continuous investment in important growth opportunities and diversified business.
Qualcomm said that although the corresponding plan is still being formulated, it is expected that the main measures will include layoffs.
Qualcomm also said that it is expected that measures related to layoffs and other measures will generate a large amount of additional adjustment costs, and a large part of them is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.
Data show that Qualcomm China has R & D centers in Beijing and Shanghai.According to the company's inspection information, Qualcomm Shanghai was established in 2010. The business scope includes regional network chips, wired, wireless communication terminal chips and their software testing and maintenance. At present, there are 393 employees in the company.
The third financial quarterly financial report released by Qualcomm in August shows that Qualcomm's third quarter revenue was US $ 8.451 billion (about S $ 11.5 billion), a year -on -year decrease of 23%, and net profit fell 52%year -on -year.According to the financial report, the main reason for the decline in Qualcomm's performance is that global smartphone shipments have continued to decline, which led to a significant decline in the revenue of its core business mobile phone chips.
According to financial reports, the revenue of the Chinese market in the Chinese market in 2022 reached US $ 28.1 billion, accounting for 64%of the total revenue; Xiaomi, OPPO, Huawei, vivo, Honor and other Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, as well as most of the newEnergy vehicle manufacturers are customers of Qualcomm.
The United States further tighten the export of Chinese chips, and the return of Huawei's return to release a new Kirin series chip is expected to affect Qualcomm's future shipments.Tianfeng International Analyst Guo Mingzheng previously analyzed that Huawei is expected to use the Kirin 9000S chip in 2024, which means that Qualcomm's chip shipment next year will decrease by 50 million to 60 million.
