Dr. John Smee, Qualcomm’s VP of engineering, says that one of the things that differentiates Qualcomm from other tech companies is its “if you build it, they will come” research mentality: Trying to envision and build technologies that will support what future applications could come into being, and try to bring those applications to life in a holistic way through advanced prototyping on its research side: In smart factories, automotive applications for cellular, millimeter-wave systems, 5G and augmented/virtual reality.