Qualcomm pushes Gigabit 4G beyond 1.2 Gbps
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 11:49

Qualcomm pushes Gigabit 4G beyond 1.2 Gbps


Exclusive: Confirmed by Cristiano Amon and Alex Katouzian

Top Qualcomm executives have confirmed that the chipmaker is working out ways to take 4G beyond Snapdragon X20 speeds of 1.2Gbps.

Qualcomm gets Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs’ backing
Published in News


Concern over how the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission handled fine

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs’ has come down heavily against the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission in the Qualcomm anti-trust case.

Qualcomm routers with 802.11 ax in 2018
Published in Network
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 04:23

Qualcomm routers with 802.11 ax in 2018


Confirmed by the Qualcomm’s SVP of connectivity

Qualcomm's Connectivity bloke Rahul Patel claims that the next big thing when it comes to Wireless will be 802.11 ax SVP and we can expect Qualcomm powered 802.11ax routers to appear in 2018.

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 636 SoC
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 21:29

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 636 SoC


Support for FHD+ displays and Quick Charge 4

At its 4G/5G Summit, currently held in Hong Kong, Qualcomm also unveiled its newest Snapdragon 636 SoC, a mid-range chipset with octa-core Kryo 260 CPU part, Adreno 509 GPU, support for FHD+ displays, X12 LTE modem and Quick Charge 4.

Qualcomm announced first 5G data call
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 12:48

Qualcomm announced first 5G data call


Shows a 5G prototype phone

It looks like things are shaping up nicely for the beginning of the 5G era. Qualcomm has confirmed that it shrank the 5G device to the phone form factor and has it up and running.

Qualcomm fined $773 million by Taiwan watchdog
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:22

Qualcomm fined $773 million by Taiwan watchdog


Company says it disagrees

Qualcomm has been fined a record $773 million by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators over the way the US company prices mobile phone chips and patents.

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR
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Thursday, 12 October 2017 02:34

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR


Oculus Go ships in 2018

This is the first of two headsets that we have been hearing about in the last few months to be coming from Facebook owned Oculus

TSMC will make most of Qualcomm's power management ICs
Published in PC Hardware


Goodbye Globalfoundaries 

TSMC is to make 70 to 80 percent of Qualcomm's new-generation power management ICs (PWM IC).

Qualcomm says it invented Apple’s innovation
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 13 September 2017 06:00

Qualcomm says it invented Apple’s innovation


So pay up

Qualcomm has published a blog post that praises itself and its Android partners for inventing all the industry firsts that the fruity cargo-cult Apple is claiming to have invented in its iPhone X.

There is no Snapdragon 836
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 06 September 2017 00:40

There is no Snapdragon 836


The Snapdragon 835 is the best of 2017

Sources very close to Qualcomm have confirmed that there is no such thing as the Snapdragon 836. The current generation Snapdragon will stay with the Snapdragon 835 and there won’t be any faster version