Samsung is building 7nm Snapdragon 5G chipset
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Thursday, 22 February 2018 14:07

Samsung is building 7nm Snapdragon 5G chipset


ULV for the first ever 7nm chip

Cristiano Amon told us not so long ago that Samsung and Qualcomm are now big friends and allies, and confirmed that Samsung will be working with Qualcomm on current and future phones. Now, both companies have announced that Snapdragon 5G chipset will be using Samsung’s 7nm LPP EUV process.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro officially launched
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At an event held in India

Xiaomi has now officially unveiled its new Redmi Note 5 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones at an event in India, with the first one being a rebranded Redmi 5 Plus while the latter is a completely new device powered by a Snapdragon 636 SoC.

Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm 2Gbps modem
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Wednesday, 14 February 2018 13:06

Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm 2Gbps modem


316.58 Mbps upload, double from 2017

Back in October Fudzilla asked Cristiano Amon, now President and Alex Katouzian VP and general manager of the mobile business at Qualcomm about the future of Gigabit LTE modems and we got a clear indication that things will be faster using the 1.2 GHz Snapdragon X20. The company has just announced that the Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm chip and not only that, it supports 2Gbps speeds.

Snapdragon 670 shaping up
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Thursday, 28 December 2017 10:39

Snapdragon 670 shaping up


Coming in 2018

Qualcomm is doing well in the high end market, owning almost all of it and grabbing a lot of attention in the mainstream too.

Cristiano R. Amon promoted to president of Qualcomm
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Remains the president of QCT

Two months ago, Fudzilla had a chance to interview Cristiano R. Amon a president of QCT and Alex Katouzian the SVP and general manager of the mobile business unit at Qualcomm. As of January 4th, Cristiano has been promoted to be the president of Qualcomm and continues its role of president of QCT.

Snapdragon 845 arriving for Windows later in 2018
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As confirmed by Cristiano

A few less experienced journalists asked why Qualcomm decided to launch its first Windows 10 on Snapdragon 835  as the new, faster Snapdragon 845 dawns.

How Snapdragon 845 snaps 25 to 30 percent faster
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From the horse's mouth

We know that Qualcomm has officially released the Snapdragon 845 but our key question is how the company managed to get a 30 percent performance increase using the same manufacturing process.

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 845
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Tuesday, 05 December 2017 23:06

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 845


SVP Alex Katouzian shows the chip

Qualcomm has just wrapped up the second Snapdragon technology event keynote and a small part of the keynote was the three year effort called the Snapdragon 845.

Qualcomm to live cast the new Snapdragon birth
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Thursday, 30 November 2017 11:28

Qualcomm to live cast the new Snapdragon birth


December 5 at 10:30am PST/1:30 PM EST/ 6:30pm GMT

If you have been wondering what is going on with the Snapdragon 835 successor, Qualcomm confirmed last week that it plans to livecast the Second Annual Snapdragon Technology Summit Keynote.

Apple ups the legal ante
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Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:53

Apple ups the legal ante


You say tit, and I say tat

The legal team at Apple have fired off a countersuit against Qualcomm, claiming that the chip firms' Snapdragon semiconductors use elements of its own patents.