Qualcomm today revealed that its next two chipsets for high-end 5G phones will be called the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 765. The 765 — and a 765G variant for gaming phones — offers “integrated 5G connectivity, advanced AI processing, and select Snapdragon Elite Gaming experiences” Qualcomm didn’t mention if the 865 offers integrated 5G, but does […]
Qualcomm has revealed an accelerated timeline for bringing integrated 5G to its Snapdragon chips for mid-range phones. An unnamed 7xx-series Snapdragon chip that fully integrates a 5G modem is already sampling to customers such as LG, Motorola, Samsung, HMD Global (Nokia) and others ; with chip launching commercially before the end of 2019. Phones […]
Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 855 Plus, a higher-performance version of the company’s flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset for phones. The new SoC packs a more powerful CPU and GPU, it’s designed for high-end gaming phones coming out later this year. The 855 Plus is based on the same Kryo 485 CPU and Adreno 640 GPU […]
Qualcomm today said its next flagship mobile platform will be a system-on-a-chip built using a 7nm process. The SoC can be paired with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G modem. Combined, the 7nm SoC and X50 will help phone makers create the first wave of flagship 5G devices. Qualcomm says this combo will usher in more intuitive on-device […]
Qualcomm this week laid out its plan to adopt the latest wifi security protocol in future products. The company said it will apply the Wifi Alliance’s Wifi Protected Access (WPA3) across its portfolio of mobile and networking products starting this summer. The core feature of WPA3 is stronger protection when users choose weak passwords. WPA3 also […]
Qualcomm today said it has expanded its long-standing agreement with Samsung to use the company’s foundries to manufacture Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets. Samsung’s new 7-nanometer, low power plus (LPP), extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography techniques produce significantly smaller chips that give phone makers more space in their designs. The 7LPP process also provides significant improvements to […]
During the Snapdragon Tech Summit, Qualcomm and its partners, HP and ASUS, showed off the first round of Snapdragon powered Windows 10 devices The ASUS NovaG is thin-and-light notebook design with a 360-degree hinge sporting e 13.3-in 1920×1080 screen. The NovaGo will be available in configurations ranging up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of […]
Qualcomm has added to its roster of mobile processors with the Snapdragon 636 Mobile Platform, a high-performance chip that is meant for phones with less-than-flagship price points. The platform is built on a 14nm FinFet process and relies on the Kryo 260 CPU, which Qualcomm says is 40% faster than the Snapdragon 630 it replaces. The […]
Qualcomm today announced a major expansion of Spectra, its effort to offer manufacturers a drop-in hardware and software solution for easily and affordably adding advanced camera technology to phones and other devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips. The expanded Spectra suite includes three new hardware camera modules. The flagship module is an active depth-sensing camera […]
Qualcomm today made its Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK available to all developers. The SDK was first announced in May 2016 and has been in limited testing with select partners since the third quarter of 2016. Today signals the wide release of the SDK. The SDK will allow smartphone and other hardware manufacturers to add […]
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