Mobile World Congress was awash with interesting chips for devices, infrastructure, cars and IoT modules, and the competition was heating up between some of the big names, all looking to dominate the 5G smartphone. Qualcomm may have a different competitive landscape this time around, whatever the outcome of Broadcom’s bid to acquire it – with Intel, Samsung and Huawei all chasing its crown as the inevitable market leader for modems in any new cellular technology. Meanwhile, rivals it may have worried about at the dawn of 4G are less threatening, especially MediaTek, which is refocusing its business after a sharp decline in smartphone chip sales. It has recently announced several moves to concentrate on IoT chips, and at MWC said…