SERVER WARS Clash of the Titans Qualcomm Intel 1 2 Intel leading the server market 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 MIPS PROPRIETARY SPARC AMD ALPHA IBM HP INTEL Intel conquered the server market with its Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) architecture based server chips which provided extremely fast general purpose processing speed. LexScore TM Delta – Qualcomm v/s Intel Workstation Telco HPC Cloud Enterprise 15% CAGR 2013 2017 Cloud, HPC, Telco Enterprise GROWTH >20% GROWTH 8% Cloud computing is expected to take-over the enterprise server market in the near future. Most of the inventions by Intel are of good quality whereas Qualcomm need to focus more on filing patents. 3 4 Memory Controllers I/O Processing Power Management Remote Management Services Specialised Processing Caching Control Unit Cooling Kit Hot-swapping Controller Raid Storage Temperature Control & Monitoring H.S.N ECC Memories Cloud to drive server market in future © LexInnova 2015 www.lex-innova.com *H.S.N. – High Speed Networking The size of the technology domains in the heat-map indicates the number of patents filed by Qualcomm in that technology domain and the color code indicates Qualcomm’s portfolio weakness compared to Intel’s. RAID Storage Memory Controllers Power Management Error Correction Control Unit Current Control & Monitoring I/O Processing Remote Management Services Caching Peripherals / Interconnects Topologies & Protocols Temperature Control & Monitoring General Purpose Processing Specialized Processing High-Speed Networking Cooling Kit Hot-Swapping Controller 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Portfolio Filing Score 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Portfolio Filing Score