Articles tagged "Qualcomm"

Qualcomm's legal department is working overtime lately. It's got Apple's lawsuits, Korea Fair Trade Commission's $927 million fine and the European Commission $1.2 billion fine to contest. Now at least the American firm reached a deal with...

Qualcomm surprised us all with a new mid-range chipset shortly after the release of the Snapdragon 710 but this time it's a brand new addition to the Snapdragon 600-series and it's a direct successor to the Snapdragon 660. However, the Snapdragon...

Today Qualcomm has shared an invite for an event that's going to happen on September 10 in San Francisco. This will be all about watches, as you can see from the invite, which means you should get ready for a new wearable chipset to be...

Qualcomm announced its results for the three-month period, ending on June 24. Both revenue and operating income have grown on a quarterly and yearly basis, but another announcement also grabbed our attention - the San Diego company is pulling out of...

Apple and Qualcomm have been in a long-term legal dispute, suing each other back and forth. Here's a timeline of some of the events that took place since 2017. In January 2017, Apple sues Qualcomm for $1 billion over excessive royalties. ...

An unexpected series of teasers emerged on Qualcomm's official Weibo page. One of them is a poster of a chipset inside a smartphone with some teasers engraved in there reading "smoother," "cooler," "smarter." The company is making a gaming-related...

The Qualcomm X50 modem promises stunning speeds of 5Gbps, but it will need the right antennas to get there. The company just unveiled its first antennas for millimeter wave and for sub-6GHz communication. What’s the difference? Millimeter...

The Snapdragon 710 is a rather curious new beast. It is the ambassador, of sorts, to Qualcomm's fresh lineup of 700 series chips, unveiled back in February. Currently, we have only heard news of one other 7 series chip - the Snapdragon 730. It...

It's been a busy week for Qualcomm. First, the entry-level Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 chipsets see daylight then a Snapdragon 2500 for kids' smart wearables gets announced and now the so-called QCC3026 Bluetooth audio SoC. The chip is aimed...

Entry-level smartphones are going to get even smarter with the three new platforms Qualcomm just unveiled. The Snapdragon 632, Snapdragon 439, and Snapdragon 429 chipsets promise increased CPU and graphics performance as well as improved power...

Qualcomm has already made its intentions to creep into the x86 PC realm pretty clear. Windows on ARM is already happening, with some devices, like the ASUS "Primus" even in production stages. A newly unearthed Qualcomm job posting, for an engineer...

According to people familiar with the matter, Qualcomm is reportedly going back to TSMC for the production of its 7nm Snapdragon 800-series chipsets, instead of Samsung. This is actually the second time we hear about that, so there's a strong reason...

Early indications are that the Snapdragon 710 is a hit with phone makers, but Qualcomm has more chips in the works. A Snapdragon 680 was spotted in Geekbench, which will be a boon for future mid-range phones. The CPU is listed as having six...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 850 a couple of days ago, its first chip exclusively targeted at laptop-style devices. Sure, it’s a slightly overclocked 845, but it’s a start. More info is surfacing about the Snapdragon 1000 and it will be more...

The Snapdragon 850 is now official and later this year you can expect the first computers with it – likely laptops and 2-in-1s. The chip is essentially a beefed-up version of the Snapdragon 845 found in phones and comes to replace the 835 chip...

Yesterday we heard that Qualcomm is building a Snapdragon 850 chipset for ARM-powered Windows 10 laptops, but it won’t stop there. The company is looking to hire people to work on Snapdragon 1000 chips, which will directly take on Intel’s Core...

Qualcomm partnered with Microsoft for official Windows 10 support on the Snapdragon 835, which was extended to the 845 chip a year later. It seems that these Windows-on-ARM portable computers have proven successful enough to warrant a dedicated...

Qualcomm's senior director of wearables, Pankaj Kedia, has announced that Qualcomm will unveil a successor to its aging Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform this Fall. While Kedia stopped short of providing specifics, such as die size and actual battery...

Back in February Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 700 series with a focus on AI, as is the trend. According to the latest information, the first two chips in the lineup will be the Snapdragon 710 and Snapdragon 730 and their full specs just leaked...

Amid the announcements that took place today at Google I/O about Android P, Qualcomm announced that it has worked with Google to get early access to Android P so that the chip maker could ensure readiness for OEMs’ devices to be updated to Android...