For more than two decades, innovation in consumer technology followed a familiar rhythm. Smaller chips. Faster processors. Thinner devices. Each generation promised more power without asking anything in return.
While much of the public conversation around 6G still revolves around spectrum, speed and new antennas, a far more consequential shift is happening quietly beneath the surface. The real battle is no longer in the air interface, but inside the chip. And in that domain, one company plays a far more decisive role than is often acknowledged: Qualcomm.
