On September 25, Qualcomm rose 3.09% in regular trading, trading at $200.16/share with turnover of $317 million. The stock reclaimed the $200 level, buoyed by a series of positive catalysts.

The most immediate driver was the announcement that Qualcomm renewed its global patent license agreement with Apple, effective April 1, 2027. While financial terms were not disclosed, the deal underscores that even as Apple advances its in-house modem chip efforts, it remains unable to bypass Qualcomm's extensive wireless patent portfolio. This renewal removes a key overhang that had weighed on the QTL licensing segment's revenue visibility.

The move also follows momentum from the 2026 Snapdragon Summit, where Qualcomm unveiled two 2nm flagship mobile platforms — the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 — featuring a 5GHz CPU, on-device 30-billion-parameter model inference, and up to 85% NPU performance gains. Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO, and Honor confirmed first-batch adoption. Additionally, Qualcomm announced its acquisition of robotics software firm PickNik and a collaboration with Google on Googlebook laptops, reinforcing its AI diversification narrative beyond handsets.

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