高通计划在年度员工考核后在全球范围内裁员，受影响员工将从11月开始获知结果。
Qualcomm plans to cut jobs around the world after its yearly staff reviews, with affected employees due to be told from November.
据路透社看到的一份内部备忘录，首席执行官克里斯蒂亚诺·阿蒙周一向员工阐述了该计划。备忘录称此举为“以绩效为重点的裁减”，但未给出裁员人数。
Chief executive Cristiano Amon set out the plan to staff on Monday, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo calls the move a “performance-focused reduction” but gives no number of jobs.
路透社无法确定裁员规模，也无法独立核实该备忘录。此外，高通未立即回复路透社的置评请求。
Reuters could not establish the scale, and we could not independently review the memo. Moreover, Qualcomm did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
阿蒙在备忘录中写道，裁员旨在建立“更强的绩效文化”，并处理那些“持续未达预期”的员工。
Amon wrote that the cuts aim to build “a stronger performance culture” and to deal with staff who have “consistently fallen short of expectations”.
他补充称，管理者将权衡业务优先级、公司需求以及每个人的技能和专长。
Managers will weigh business priorities, the company’s needs, and each person’s skills and expertise, he added.
据路透社报道，阿蒙写道：“随着我们拓展业务，我们所需的能力和技能也在扩展。”
“As we have expanded the business, so have the competencies and skills we require,” Amon wrote, according to Reuters.
根据其年报，截至2025财年末，高通在全球拥有约52,000名员工。
Qualcomm had about 52,000 employees worldwide at the end of its 2025 financial year, according to its annual report.
这家芯片制造商在股市表现疲软。其股价2026年以来上涨约1.5%，而费城半导体指数同期涨幅近60%。内存芯片价格上涨也推高了手机等设备的成本，打击了需求。
The chipmaker has had a weak year on the stock market. Its shares are up about 1.5% in 2026, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has gained nearly 60%. Rising memory chip prices have also driven up the cost of phones and other devices, hurting demand.
7月，高通预测季度利润将低于分析师预期，并称来自苹果的收入将比预期下降得更快。
In July, Qualcomm forecast quarterly profit below analysts’ estimates and said its revenue from Apple would fall faster than it had expected.
为填补这一缺口，公司正进军新市场，包括面向数据中心的AI芯片。它预计2027财年大部分芯片销售将来自智能手机以外的产品，并以在该财年实现50亿美元数据中心营收为目标。
To fill that gap, the company is moving into new markets, including AI chips for data centres. It expects most of its chip sales in the 2027 financial year to come from products other than smartphones. It is also aiming for $5bn in data centre revenue that year.
该备忘录发布于2026年早些时候的小规模裁员之后。据LayoffNext汇总的加利福尼亚州裁员数据，4月高通提交州政府通报，涉及圣地亚哥约105个岗位。公司在财年前九个月还计提了9700万美元重组费用，主要用于遣散费。
The memo follows smaller cuts earlier in 2026. In April, Qualcomm filed state notices covering about 105 jobs in San Diego, according to California layoff data compiled by LayoffNext. It also booked $97m in restructuring charges, mostly for severance, in the first nine months of its financial year.