Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has acknowledged the major impact that the global semiconductor shortages are having on the business, and the company is drawing up a list of partnerships to spread its risks more widely in future, and help to make its supply chain more robust. Intel and GlobalFoundries are both on that list, though if rumors that they could merge come true, Qualcomm could see its supplier diversification strategy being weakened by ongoing industry consolidation. Amon told Bloomberg that he expects chip shortages to start to ease from early 2022, and that he was implementing measures in all Qualcomm’s divisions to help address the constraints – though these would only bear full fruit in late 2022. One ambition that will be…