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.

5G heading towards budget phones

Qualcomm has launched its latest 5G chipset today, the Snapdragon 690, the first product in its 6-series chips to get support for the next-generation networking standard.

Snapdragon 5G commercialisation at scale

Qualcomm has released its Snapdragon 768G Mobile Platform, which is a refresh of the Snapdragon 765G and accelerates 5G commercialisation.

Review: Upgrade SSD for cheap

Microsoft’s Surface Pro X arrived last year and brought to the market the latest ARM-based CPU that works with Windows 10. It promises an all-day battery life, WIFI, and, more importantly, high-speed LTE connectivity with the Nano-SIM or eSIM card onboard.

Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro first to get it

The big news during Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon technology summit was mobile gaming and its Elite Gaming set of desktop-level features, including an updatable GPU drivers, and while there was only a handful of supported devices, Xiaomi is now hopping on that train with its Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro smartphones.