In an interview at the Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm President Christiano Amon said frankly, "Because we didn't provide chips for the iPhone this year, it led to a decline in the chip business."

Sources said Softbank may benefit $3 billion from the deal. However, Softbank has not yet made a final decision and may continue to retain these shares or sell only a portion of the shares. A spokesman for Softbank and Nvidia declined to comment.

The German case is Qualcomm's third major effort to secure a ban on Apple's lucrative iPhones over patent infringement allegations.

China will implement the fourth step of tax reduction on the MFN tariff rate of 298 information technology products, and adjust the provisional tax rate of some information technology products accordingly.

The world's leading technology solutions provider Avnet and world-renowned private electronic connector manufacturer Samtec announced today that they will strengthen existing partnerships and further expand the scope of distribution cooperation.