Qualcomm speeds up Wi-Fi
To 10 gigabits per second.
Qualcomm is launching a family of chips that can add incredibly high-speed Wi-Fi -- at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second -- to phones, laptops, routers.
Qualcomm accuses Apple of Intel collusion
Things go from bad to worse
The legal feud between Apple and Qualcomm ratcheted up a notch today after the Cupertino firm was accused of passing proprietary information to Intel.
Qualcomm Snapdragon PC is not an overclocked 855
Brand new chip with bigger GPU
There is a lot of right and wrong information floating around the web about the successor to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 and we wanted to set things straight in the face of misleading information. To our knowledge, the new always connected PC chip may not end up branded the SCX8180, but something simpler. And, secondly, it is not a faster 855 overlocked, it is a brand new chip.
Qualcomm wins big Chinese chipset deal
New roadside units for IoT of traffic
Qualcomm’s 9150 C-V2X chipsets will be part of a large new Chinese project for roadside units (RSUs).
Smartphones AP shipments slide
0.8 percent
Global smartphone AP shipments may show a 0.8 per cent on-year decline to reach 1.59 billion units in 2018.
NXP faces post-Qualcomm woe
Banking on automotive
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors is facing a mess after the collapse this year of a proposed merger with Qualcomm and is hoping that interest from the automotive industry can bail it out.
Vivo shows 5G version of NEX S
Joins Oppo, Xiaomi, Moto 5G cover
It looks like China based smartphone manufacturers are taking 5G very seriously. In recent weeks, Oppo and Xiaomi showed their versions of high-end phones running 5G NR and now Vivo has done the same.
First 3GPP-compliant 5G NR mmWave OTA call happened
Qualcomm and Ericsson to blame
The 5G NR standard defined by 3GPP Rel-15 spec has made a giant leap forward. Qualcomm and Ericsson managed to successfully conduct the first 3GPP compliant 5G NR mmWave over the air call with a Mobile Form Factor Device. Try squeeze all that all in a headline.
Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform
Bringing better battery life and new system architecture
It has been a while since we have seen an update to the wearable platform but although some doubted Qualcomm's dedication to that part of the market, the company obviously did not give up on it, and the new Snapdragon Wear 3100 should not only fix the biggest flaw of previous smartwatches, the battery life, but also bring plenty of other improvements.
Samsung and Huawei didn’t show 5G at IFA
No 5G NR form factor devices yet
The IFA consumer trade show has just finished, and we wanted to share a bit about 5G with focus on the big silicon manufacturers. Both Samsung and Huawei didn’t show anything at the show, while both companies reassured us that they will have something later.