Instead it licenses its processor designs to companies such as Apple, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, among others, and collects royalty fees based on the number of processors shipped.

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The company said it sold 29 licenses for its processor designs.

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Qualcomm supplies the baseband processor as well as licenses its technology for others to manufacture the processor.

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