Qualcomm is a semiconductor company best known for its efforts in the realm of smartphone connectivity with its popular Snapdragon brand of modems, application processors and now RF. While smartphones are undoubtedly the company's bread-and-butter, Qualcomm plays significantly in a number of other areas. A great example of this is its $6.5 billion (backlog) automotive business. I gained a lot of insights into Qualcomm's automotive strategy at its 2019 financial analyst day earlier this year—today I wanted to share some of my findings.