5G towers over 3.8-kilometers

Qualcomm claims to have overcome the 5G range problem and stretched the power of ultra-fast millimeter wave (mmWave) towers to 3.8 kilometres.

Snapdragon 730G gets a speed bump

Qualcomm has announced another addition to its entry- to mid-range mobile platform, the Snapdragon 732G. The Snapdragon 732G is a higher-binned Snapdragon 730G featuring higher clocks for both the CPU and the GPU.

90Hz display and ultra-wide camera in tow

While Pixel 4a is already up and about as one of the best value smartphone, all eyes are now pointed at the upcoming Pixel 5, which should end up with the Snapdragon 765G SoC, 90Hz screen, and a better camera system.

Leadership in IP saves an additional 40 percent on text

Companies like Qualcomm invest a lot of time and engineering effort to help with upcoming standards, and many know that Qualcomm is a leader in 5G. Qualcomm is also committed to Versatile Video Coding (VVC), known as H266, and the company helped to optimize the codec and bring an additional 30 to 40 saving to text-based content, maintaining the same visual quality.

Huge win as Ninth Circuit reverses district court decision

In May 2019, the now prominent Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled that Qualcomm's business practices that she called no license-no chip had strangled the competition. Now a higher court called the Ninth Circuit has reversed Koh's district court decision.

Injuction quashed

A US appeals court reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission.

40 percent of Android phones vulnerable to Achilles

Researchers have found that Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip, one of the most widely used in Android phones, has hundreds of bits of vulnerable code that leaves millions of Android users at risk.

Pixel 4a has Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G inside

Google today unveiled two Pixel smartphones the $349 Pixel 4A, which is available for preorder now and will ship on August 20  and the Pixel 4A 5G, which will cost $499 and also ship sometime in the autumn.

Naught to 50 percent in five minutes

Qualcomm is boosting its Quick Charge technology and claims a device can plug in and get a device with a 4,500mAh battery from 0 to 50 per cent in five minutes and from empty to full n 15 minutes.

Same cores, higher clocks, and FastConnect 6900 for WiFi 6E

Although it has already showed up in leaks and rumors, Qualcomm has now officially unveiled its new Snapdragon 865+ SoC, which is breaking all barriers by hitting 3.1GHz, as well as bringing WiFi 6E into the fold.