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元器件交易网讯 3月5日消息，据外媒Slashgear报道，高通今日宣布史蒂夫·莫伦科夫（Steve Mollenkopf）接任高通CEO。
莫伦科夫表示移动芯片制造商正在开发推动智能手机不断发展的技术，不必担心智能手机最好的时代已成过眼烟云。
莫伦科夫现年45，自1944年就作为一名高通的工程师，曾任首席运营官，他在12月份提名取代高通联合创始人之子保罗·雅各布，在周二的年度股东大会上正式接任CEO。
“很多人在谈论现在每个人都有智能手机，但是世界无穷无尽，还有更多的地区需要智能手机，”莫伦科夫在股东大会上说。
由于美国等发达国家顶级配置的手机已经普及，中国消费者又倾向于购买价格便宜屏幕分辨率不需怎么高的手机。高通公司的股票在过去12个月都均低于标普500指数。
“我们正在改良无线连接、摄像头、传感器和音频等智能手机所需的关键技术并且努力实现模拟大脑处理信息的方式。我们希望最后手机能成为你的感官延伸，”莫伦科夫说。
据市场研究公司IDC调查智能手机出货量预计到2014年增长19%，自此以后增长速度将会放缓，到2018年将会下降到只有6%。
随着世界上最大的无线运营商中国移动以美国芯片制造商的技术基础推出了更先进的网络，高通发觉中国本土市场正变得越来越重要。
但Mollenkopf表示，高通面临着中国的反垄断调查。中国竞争监管机构2月份通报高通涉嫌滥收费用和滥用其市场地位。这将可能会影响中国智能手机市场的授权业务收入。
高通的大多数收入来自手机与运营商网络进行通信的芯片，但大部分利润来自其CDMA技术的专利许可-第四代手机组件必备技术。
另外在周二，高通上调了它的股息20%并且回购了50亿至78亿美元的股票。
（元器件交易网 白玉涛译）
以下为外文：
(Reuters) - Steve Mollenkopf, the new chief executive of Qualcomm, said on Tuesday that the mobile chipmaker is developing technologies that will drive continued demand for smartphones even as others worry that the smartphone market"s best days are behind it.
Mollenkopf, 45, who was previously chief operating officer, officially took over as chief executive officer at the company"s annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday. He was named in December to replace Paul Jacobs, the son of a Qualcomm co-founder.
"A lot of people talk about the fact that everyone has a smartphone. That"s true to some degree in some parts of the world, but the world is a big place and there are a lot more smartphones coming," Mollenkopf told the shareholders meeting.
Qualcomm"s shares have underperformed the S&P 500 for the past 12 months as smartphone demand shifts from the United States and other developed countries, where top-tier phones like the iPhone have become ubiquitous, to China, where consumers tend to buy less expensive devices with lower-end displays and other features.
Mollenkopf pointed to wireless connectivity, cameras, sensors and audio as key smartphone technologies Qualcomm is improving and which he said will help drive demand.
"We"re working on technologies that emulate how the brain processes information. Ultimately, I think you get to the point where the phone becomes an extension of all of your senses," Mollenkopf said.
After increasing 39 percent last year, smartphone shipments are expected to expand by 19 percent in 2014, and growth is expected to continue to slow, falling to just 6 percent in 2018, according to market research firm IDC.
China"s local market is becoming increasingly important for Qualcomm as China Mobile, the world"s largest wireless carrier, rolls out an advanced network this year based on technology the U.S. chipmaker effectively dominates.
But Mollenkopf, who joined Qualcomm in 1994 as an engineer and was named chief operating officer in 2011, also faces an antitrust investigation in China that may affect future licensing revenue from smartphones made there.
China"s country"s competition regulator said in February it suspected Qualcomm of overcharging and abusing its market position.
While most of Qualcomm"s revenue comes from chips that allow phones to communicate with carrier networks, most of its profit comes from licensing patents for its CDMA cellphone technology - a component in new fourth-generation mobile phones.
Also on Tuesday, Qualcomm raised its dividend by 20 percent and upped its share repurchase authorization by $5 billion to $7.8 billion.Shares of Qualcomm rose 3.74 percent to $76.38 following after the company announced its dividend increase.
