Qualcomm has identified Samsung Electronics as a supplier of automotive memory for the first time, naming it alongside Micron Technology in its 2026 fiscal year annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The disclosure confirms a memory procurement relationship between Qualcomm and Samsung that had previously been viewed as separate from their contract manufacturing cooperation on smartphone application processors. Qualcomm’s automotive revenue rose 52% year on year to $6.004 billion, more than doubling from two years earlier and helping offset a 13% decline in smartphone chip revenue. Samsung began supplying LPDDR4X low-power DRAM for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis in 2024, while industry observers believe its LPDDR5 may also be used in Qualcomm’s Digital Cockpit. Samsung’s share of the global automotive memory market reached 40% last year, compared with 36% for Micron Technology.