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Stocks (from 27) émigré, was born in Paris and entered the
United States in 1938.
“The wireless chip giant eyes growth in
the emerging metaverse, while it sees Visionary
supply shortages easing. Is QCOM stock a Over his long lifetime,
buy right now?” d’Arbeloff (right), who
died at age 80 in July
The answer, “The 5G chip leader flourishes 2008, was known as a
a strong track record of beating earnings legendary ATE visionary
estimates. On Feb. 2, Qualcomm beat and industry spokesper-
earnings views for its fiscal first quarter, son.
continuing a string of quarterly beats.”
A forceful presence
Qualcomm after Apple The Teradyne name, according to various
IBD adds, “QCOM stock was a laggard for sources, is meant to represent a force-
most of 2021, hit by a report that Apple ful presence: 1,000,000,000 dynes = 10
could make its own iPhone modem chips, mega-newtons.
cutting out Qualcomm. It rebounded late
in the year on strong earnings and man- d’Arbeloff reportedly later said, “The effort
agement’s vision for an Apple-light future.”
of starting the company felt like rolling a
15,000 pound boulder uphill,” the Immi-
Qualcomm faces growing competition with grant Learning Center reported.
the new WCDMA. Suppliers include Broad-
com, Infineon and Texas Instruments. The pair raised $200,000 from friends and
Qualcomm, however, receives royalties an early venture capital firm American
from its chipsets. Research and Development. Its first head-
9
quarters were above Joe and Nemo’s hot
Teradyne (TER)
dog stand in downtown Boston.
One legendary auto- While both were MIT
mated test equipment graduates, DeWolfe
company has survived (right)earned an engi-
the roils and vissitudes neering degree, while
of the semiconductor d’Arbeloff graduated from
industry. Teradyne in the school’s Sloan School
North Reading, Mass. is of Management.
that company.
First sale to Raytheon
In 1961, the new company sold its first
Predates semiconductor industry product, a logic controlled go/no go di-
ode tester to Raytheon, which — then as
Its founding in 1960 even predates the now — was a major government defense
semiconductor business. (TI invented the contractor. Teradyne was profitable by the
IC in 1958).Teradyne was founded in Bos- fourth quarter of 1962.
ton by MIT classmates Alexander Vladimir d’Arbeloff’s was later named president and
d’Arbeloff and Nick DeWolf, who had been CEO. During his tenure, the company’s an-
classmates at nearby MIT. d’Arbeloff, an next page
