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Qualcomm fined $773 million by Taiwan watchdog
Company says it disagrees
Qualcomm has been fined a record $773 million by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators over the way the US company prices mobile phone chips and patents.
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Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR
Oculus Go ships in 2018
This is the first of two headsets that we have been hearing about in the last few months to be coming from Facebook owned Oculus
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TSMC will make most of Qualcomm's power management ICs
Goodbye Globalfoundaries
TSMC is to make 70 to 80 percent of Qualcomm's new-generation power management ICs (PWM IC).
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Qualcomm says it invented Apple’s innovation
So pay up
Qualcomm has published a blog post that praises itself and its Android partners for inventing all the industry firsts that the fruity cargo-cult Apple is claiming to have invented in its iPhone X.
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There is no Snapdragon 836
The Snapdragon 835 is the best of 2017
Sources very close to Qualcomm have confirmed that there is no such thing as the Snapdragon 836. The current generation Snapdragon will stay with the Snapdragon 835 and there won’t be any faster version
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Xiaomi Mi 7 could come in Q1 2018
With Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC
While the Mi 6 has been around for just a few months, a recent leak suggests that Xiaomi could launch the successor as early as Q1 2018.
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Qualcomm develops car-to-everything chip
A step towards auto autos
Qualcomm has introduced a new Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) chipset and reference design that aims to bring automakers one step closer to deploying the communications systems necessary for fully autonomous vehicles.
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Snapdragon 625 powers Ricoh Theta V camera
Ricoh Theta V 360-camera
Qualcomm's Snapdragon enables 360-degree 4K video capture and live-streaming, spatial "surround-sound" audio recording.
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Tame Apple Press sees a rat in Qualcomm exit
Derek Aberle leaves and apparently there is a conspiracy theory
The Tame Apple Press has gotten itself all moist over the exit of President of Qualcomm’s licensing division, Derek Aberle.
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Samsung sits on Snapdragons for second year
That must make its eyes water
Samsung is sitting on the Snapdragon 845 chips for its Galaxy S9 and not letting anyone else get their paws on them.