Articles tagged "Qualcomm"

IHS Markit has done some extensive research on early 5G adoption using six early 5G-capable smartphones and looked inside. The teardowns revealed that Huawei ended up with a larger, less efficient and more expensive 5G chip than the...

We’ve already seen half a dozen smartphones arriving with the month-old Snapdragon 855+ chipset, and it appears Qualcomm is readying the next-gen chip, codenamed Qualcomm Kona. This might be the upcoming Snapdragon 865, expected to power the 2020...

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, which boast higher CPU and GPU clock speeds for enhanced performance. This is similar to the binned Snapdragon 845 that the Asus ROG Phone used, except that this new chip will be widely available...

Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon Wear 3100 in September 2018, but the chipset for wearables had the same CPU as its predecessor Wear 2100 with the archaic Cortex-A7 cores. Now, a new report has it that the San Diego-based manufacturer is...

Qualcomm introduced a new chipset for entry-level smartphones – the Snapdragon 215. It’s a tangible upgrade over the Snapdragon 212 with a 64-bit CPU, a faster GPU and support for dual cameras. However, the chip is still built on the old 28nm...

Qualcomm was appointed a supervisor by a US antitrust governing body for being a monopolist in its position of a patent owner and chip manufacturer. Apparently, San Diego has no plans to go under supervision while pursuing an appeal, which pushed LG...

Samsung 7nm EUV foundry scored several major contracts. A Korean news source reports that Qualcomm has picked Samsung to make the Snapdragon 865 chipset, instead of TSMC. The deal is not yet complete but is reportedly in the final stages. TSMC...

A dispute between the Federal Trade Commission in the United States and chip-maker Qualcomm ended with a win for the FTC. The court ruled that Qualcomm must stop its practices of bundling licenses with hardware. The ruling stated that the company’s...

Qualcomm released its quarterly report with some pretty juicy details about the deal with Apple. The chip company will score between $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion in revenue from the settlement with Cupertino that saw Intel quit the 5G modem...

Earlier this month we heard Intel decided to abandon its 5G modem development, following the surprise settlement between Apple and Qualcomm. The company announced lower financial forecast, officially stating that the deal between its competitor and...

Shortly after news broke about Intel exiting the 5G modem business, Apple was forced to settle with Qualcomm and use its chips for its future iPhones. But no one said anything about Samsung being the second supplier for the Cupertino-based...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 730 only a couple of weeks ago, but a 735 appears to be on the timeline as well. What looks like an internal document details the future chipset's key specs. The chip will allegedly be built on a 7nm...

Following a surprise settlement between Apple and Qualcomm after years of legal back and forth, Intel reveals that it will no longer be in the business of making 5G modems. The timing of this news is no coincidence. After initial litigation...

On Tuesday in a San Diego courthouse, both Apple and Qualcomm have unexpectedly settled all their legal disputes. This was discovered when Apple and Qualcomm released a joint press release detailing their agreements to drop litigations, just as...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 665 and 730 to bolster its mid-range lineup, but how do they compare to the existing models – 660, 670, 675 and 710? The Snapdragon 730 is significantly faster than the 710, offering up to 25% extra performance....

In addition to bringing the swiveling/rotating camera design, the Samsung Galaxy A80 is also the first device to feature the Snapdragon 730. The newest member of the A series made its way on AnTuTu to show what the new internals are capable...

Today Qualcomm took the wraps off its two newest mobile chipsets: the Snapdragon 665 and the Snapdragon 730 (which also gets a 730G bin, with 15% better graphics). Snapdragon 665 The Snapdragon 665 seems to be intended as the successor to the...

Taiwan’s Electronic Times reports that both Qualcomm and Samsung have turned down the opportunity to supply 5G modems for Apple. Given the global patent war between Apple and Qualcomm, the San Diego company’s snub is not a huge surprise. Samsung,...

The US International Trade Commission ruled in to cases in the fight between Apple and Qualcomm. In one case Apple was found to be in the clear, but in the second case the judge ruled that the Cupertino-based company has infringed on a Qualcomm...

In a recent interview Qualcomm's Senior Director of Product Management Judd Heape revealed that phones with 64MP and even 100MP cameras will likely come in 2019. However ultra high-megapixel cameras in phones isn't the direction Qualcomm wants...