Qualcomm processors are now produced mainly in TSMC factories . This means that Qualcomm is dependent on the development of new technologies and its prime contractor on its ability to ensure the production of sufficient volume.
The situation with the lack of facilities for the production of products with a 28-nm topological norms forced Qualcomm to look to other contract manufacturers, and the company now expects that Samsung and Globalfoundries will be able to form an alliance that will allow developers that do not have their own factories, to reduce dependence on TSMC.
The rumors about the possibility of creating Samsung and Globalfoundries manufacturing alliance came with the filing of publication All Things Digital.