Congatec vs Qualcomm: Compute & controllers compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Qualcomm ranks 56 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 82; Congatec ranks 72 with 80. Congatec is ahead on deployment and commercials. Qualcomm is ahead on production and firepower. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Congatec is based in Deggendorf, Germany, Qualcomm in San Diego, United States. Qualcomm: Public. Congatec is named in 0 signals and Qualcomm in 253.

Congatec →

Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany · Robotics · Components / Compute & controllers · congatec.com

Congatec is a fabless supplier of embedded computer-on-modules for industrial customers, including robotics maker ANYbotics.

Robotics 100 · rank 72 · score 80AI Core · prospect · score 32

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production6
Commercials8
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower6
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

congatec Group GmbH (Deggendorf) designs Computer-on-Modules (COM-HPC, COM Express, SMARC, Qseven) plus aReady. software/hardware building blocks for embedded/edge use in industrial robots, AMRs, cobots, medical devices and automation; it is fabless and ships via contract manufacturers plus a May-25 Kontron production network. On Jul-01-25 it took 96% of Kontron’s JUMPtec COM unit (EUR ~90m 2024 sales) plus 100% of the US and Malaysian module subsidiaries; on Jan-27-26 it opened a Penang engineering centre (23 Kontron-Asia engineers, targeting ~70). Distinguishing point is the standardized COM ecosystem plus pre-integrated hypervisor/OS (Ubuntu Pro, Bosch Rexroth ctrlX OS); 2025 group revenue remains a range (DBAG prelim EUR 169m vs 2024 Konzernabschluss EUR 186.2m).

Facts, with sources

  • Strategic cooperation with CODESYS Group for virtualized real-time control using conga-zones hypervisor and CODESYS PLCcongatec.com
  • congatec released Intel Core Ultra Series 3 computer-on-modules (COM-HPC and COM Express) with up to 180 TOPS total AI performance and -40 to +85 C industrial range.computer-automation.de
  • congatec launched the aReady.YOURS full-custom design service, with series production through its manufacturing partnership with Kontron.electronics-lab.com

15 facts on file.

Qualcomm →

San Diego, California, United States · Robotics · Components / Compute & controllers · Public · qualcomm.com

Qualcomm supplies Dragonwing processors and compute modules that give industrial robots, cognitive robots, vision systems and autonomous-driving platforms on-device AI and control.

Robotics 100 · rank 56 · score 82AI Core · member · score 68Humanoids 100 · rank 70 · score 58

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment7
Production8
Commercials4
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM) is entering robotics compute with its Dragonwing IQ10 (an 18-core Oryon CPU, up to 700 TOPS) and Robotics Development Platform, positioned against NVIDIA Jetson, with IQ9-based modules already in market via Advantech. It unveiled the IQ10 and platform at CES 2026 with named partners including Figure, KUKA, and Booster, and showed a reference design at Computex, with executives framing robotics as arriving in stages. Robotics revenue is not broken out of the group.

Latest signals

  • Intel shares fell 29% in one day, pulling down other semiconductor stocksCaixin
  • Anduril and Qualcomm announced Blue Chip, a line of hardened American-made computers.Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
  • Qualcomm, AMD, Marvell Technology and ARM shares each fell about 10% while Nvidia dropped 4.22% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 7.2%.Caixin

253 signals name Qualcomm.

Facts, with sources

  • <100mrsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-20
  • 5.73rsshub.bkraju.com — 2026-09-18
  • Advantech WEDA-powered Edge AI ecosystem with Qualcomm integrationwww.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-17

68 facts on file.

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Congatec or Qualcomm: which is ahead in robotics?

Qualcomm ranks 56 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 82; Congatec ranks 72 with 80. Congatec is ahead on deployment and commercials. Qualcomm is ahead on production and firepower. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Congatec is based in Deggendorf, Germany, Qualcomm in San Diego, United States. Qualcomm: Public. Congatec is named in 0 signals and Qualcomm in 253.

How do Congatec and Qualcomm compare?

Qualcomm ranks 56 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 82; Congatec ranks 72 with 80. Congatec is ahead on deployment and commercials. Qualcomm is ahead on production and firepower. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Congatec is based in Deggendorf, Germany, Qualcomm in San Diego, United States. Qualcomm: Public. Congatec is named in 0 signals and Qualcomm in 253. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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