Chinese smartphone processor shipments fall
Published in News


Vendors retrench

Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to decrease 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter as smartphone vendors have become more conservative on pulling in orders due to lower visibility in demand in the end market.

Snapdragon 8150 results spotted in Geekbench
Published in Mobiles


Early results put it below Apple's A12 SoC

With the first smartphone announced with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8150 SoC, it was just a matter of time before we see some leaks in the usual benchmark databases.

Qualcomm showcases video over 5G NR
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Live X50 and next gen chipset with Ericsson  

Qualcomm  showcased 5G with Ericsson with real 5G over the Band 7 spectrum playing  video. This is the first public demonstration and Cristiano Amon said that this is the unannounced chipset.

First Wear 3100 smartwatch is $995 Montblanc Summit 2
Published in Mobiles


High-end maker with a high-end price

Montblanc was one of the big names on the list back when Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon Wear 3100 and it is the first company to announce its new Summit 2 smartwatch with a hefty $995 price tag.

Samsung shows off Windows S
Published in PC Hardware


Galaxy Book 2 is a Windows ultraportable powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850

Samsung has been showing off its  Galaxy Book 2, a Windows ultraportable powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 chip.

Next gen 2019 Snapdragon PC goes multi OS
Published in PC Hardware


Chrome to join Windows 10

Miguel Nunes, a senior director of product management at Qualcomm, took the stage at one of the ARM TechCon presentations and shared details about the 2019 always connected Snapdragon PC. ACPC stands for Always connected PC.

Qualcomm speeds up Wi-Fi
Published in Mobiles


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
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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
Published in Mobiles


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
Published in IoT


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).