Qualcomm demonstrates 1Gbps X16 modem
Reaches 980 Mbps+ speeds
Qualcomm is having a good year when it comes to the high end products with both Samung and LG basing their Flagships on Snapdragon 820 and 600 Mbps X12 modem.Now the company has demonstrated its X16 modem that can reach 1Gbps speeds
Sony unveils its Xperia X series smartphones
Three new smartphones from Sony
Sony has kicked of Mobile World Congress 2016 show in Barcelona with three new smartphones that will be a part of its new Xperia X series, the Xperia XA, Xperia X and the Xperia X Performance, all based on the same 5-inch screen but with different design and different chipsets.
IoT industry leaders announce open source standard group
Aims to accelerate Internet of Things to a single open standard
On Friday, a group of industry leaders making headway in the Internet of Things (IoT) market announced a cross-industry collaboration effort aimed at unlocking the massive opportunities for consumers and business with IoT devices, and ultimately a way to quickly get everyone to adopting a single open standard.
Lenovo agrees to pay royalties Qualcomm
Backpay not mentioned
Lenovo has agreed to start paying Qualcomm royalties on its 3G and 4G phones in China, covering both their own creations and Motorola’s.
Nvidia signs up to Vulkan
Shield will live long and prosper
Nvidia has announced a development version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Shield platform along with support for Windows and Linux.
Wall Street sees life in Qualcomm
Nay-sayers say Yay
Qualcomm has been getting a rough ride from the cocaine nose-jobs of Wall Street lately, but it seems to have won the support of a top nay-saying soothsayer.
Qualcomm announces 1 Gbps X16 modem
14nm, available in 2H 2016
Qualcomm has finally launched what it thinks will be the next milestone in the LTE modem speed – a Gigabit Class LTE Chipset with download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
Qualcomm announces three new Snapdragon SoCs
Advanced Modem, Imaging and Sensors for Mainstream Devices
Qualcomm has introduced three new next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.
Apple knifes Samsung
Puts all 10nm eggs in TSMC’s basket
Fruity cargo cult Apple has turned on its partner Samsung and given the contract to produce 10-nano application processors (AP) to TSMC.
Google backing ARM servers
Don't get your hopes up
Google is set to announce that it is working with Qualcomm to design servers based on ARM processors, in a move which could give the British chip designer some street cred in the data centre market.