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May 16, 2022 · Franklin Antonio, a University of California San Diego alumnus from 1974, co-founder of Qualcomm and generous philanthropist, has died. Antonio gave $30 million to UC San Diego in 2017 to support the programmatic expansion of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
May 13, 2022 · Franklin Antonio, the UC San Diego graduate who co-founded chipmaker Qualcomm, helping fan the growth of everything from cellphones to social media to wearable medical devices, has died,...
May 19, 2022 · Franklin Antonio: A loss of a Giant. I’ve been trying to process the loss last week of Franklin Antonio, one of Qualcomm’s founders and many time CTO, to UC San Diego, Qualcomm, the San Diego...
Franklin P. Antonio is one of the founders of QUALCOMM and serves as executive vice president and chief scientist of the Company. He also served as a director from 1985 thru 1989. He has been awarded 290 patents worldwide, 34 in the United States and several pending.
Nov 10, 2023 · Franklin Antonio, the late founder of Qualcomm, has continued supporting SETI even after he passed away. The nonprofit confirmed that they received a huge amount from the generous...
Franklin Antonio, the co-founder of San Diego chipmaking company Qualcomm and a UC San Diego graduate, has died. Qualcomm announced the death of Antonio in a statement on Friday, but did not state when, where, or why he passed away. Antonio was 69 years old.
Other co-founders included Andrew Viterbi, Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Harvey White. The company was named Qualcomm for "Quality Communications". It started as a contract research and development center largely for government and defense projects.
