Wednesday, 24 June, 2026
Beyond Smartphones: Qualcomm in Talks for ByteDance Custom Chip Deal
By TechShots Studio
Qualcomm is in discussions to provide custom chip-design services to TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, as part of a strategic push to diversify beyond the smartphone market. The negotiations could make ByteDance an early high-profile customer for Qualcomm's expanding design unit. The potential deal reportedly focuses on video processing units and AI inference tasks while navigating within existing U.S. export control boundaries.
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