Intel dominated the server market from the 1990s with fast general purpose server chips using CISC architecture. Cloud computing is expected to drive significant growth in the server market in the coming years. The document maps Qualcomm and Intel's patent portfolios, showing that Intel has filed more patents across key server technology domains.

1. SERVER WARS
Clash of the Titans
Qualcomm Intel
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Intel leading
the server market
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
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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.
LexScoreTM
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.
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Memory Controllers
I/O Processing
Power Management
RemoteManagementServices
SpecialisedProcessing
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
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*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 ManagementError 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
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Portfolio Filing Score
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Portfolio Filing Score