5G
One of Qualcomm's indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon X laptops. To date, Qualcomm has won 23 laptop designs with its Snapdragon X Elite SoCs, and all of the leading PC vendors have introduced systems based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors. However, only some of them will be equipped with modems, the company detailed at Computex 2024. While the technical rationale for this is very straightforward (not every vendor wants to buy and dedicate the space to modems), it's...
Qualcomm Announces X55 Modem: 5G Multi-mode & New Advanced ICs
It's been an eventful few months for Qualcomm – back in December the company had unveiled the first reference designs of the Snapdragon 855 and demonstrated integration with the...
20 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/19/2019
Missed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018? It’s All In Here
If there’s one thing I love about this job, it’s about finding what makes the companies in our industry tick. This goes above and beyond just the product announcements...
18 by Ian Cutress on 12/19/2018
AT&T 5G Roll Out: $500 One-Off plus $70/month for 15 GB
So you want to get some of that super fast, super low latency 5G goodness? AT&T has just announced pricing for their upcoming services to several US cities, and...
79 by Ian Cutress on 12/18/2018
OnePlus: Dual Product Lines, Cost of 5G, and Translation Errors
One of the key announcements at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in the past week was around OnePlus: CEO Pete Lau stood on stage and stated that the company...
21 by Ian Cutress on 12/14/2018
Talking Snapdragon: An Interview with Cristano Amon, President of Qualcomm
It has been difficult to move around in 2018 without bumping into someone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845-powered smartphone. The success the company has seen in capturing most of...
29 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/14/2018
Implementing 5G in the UK: EE Trial Sites and First Cities
As a Brit, having one of our local companies get on stage at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit and talk about the deployment in the UK was certainly an interesting twist...
7 by Ian Cutress on 12/12/2018
Samsung’s 5G Smartphone Prototype: Don’t Mention The Notch
In the Verizon 5G demo area at Qualcomm's recent Snapdragon tech summit, there was a station that was streaming 4K video through a 5G smartphone. That device was a...
27 by Ian Cutress on 12/12/2018
A Quick Look at Qualcomm’s 5G Smartphone Reference Design
One of the exciting things on display at Qualcomm's Snapdragon tech summit was their 5G reference smartphone design – the one that gets handed around to the smartphone vendors...
13 by Ian Cutress on 12/11/2018
5G Mobile Hotspots: Netgear for AT&T and inseego for Verizon
Most of the 5G deployments to date are using mobile hotspots – devices that convert a 5G signal into another form of data transfer, usually some form of ubiquitous...
8 by Ian Cutress on 12/10/2018
The Verizon and AT&T 5G Setups at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit
My inbox has been awash with emails regarding 5G ‘firsts’ this past year. Every time a company seems to demonstrate the smallest new ‘first’, such as mmWave through an...
3 by Ian Cutress on 12/10/2018
Moto 5G Mod at Snapdragon Summit: Lots of Antennas, and S855 Inside?
The first day at Qualcomm’s annual summit has been all about 5G, including infrastructure, carriers, partners, and OEMs. There hasn’t been so much about devices, except for the main...
14 by Ian Cutress on 12/5/2018
Qualcomm Tech Summit, Day 1: Announcing 5G Partnerships and Snapdragon 855
The third annual Qualcomm Tech Summit has just started, and the first announcements from Day One have been made. To start this event, Qualcomm President Cristano Amon is sharing...
29 by Ian Cutress on 12/4/2018
Qualcomm Tech Summit, Day 1 Live Blog (Starts at 2pm ET)
Qualcomm's 3rd Annual Tech Summit in Maui, HI, starts today. Join us at 2pm ET (7pm UTC) for live coverage of today's announcements. Given what's going to be...
9 by Ian Cutress on 12/4/2018
ZTE is Back: The Axon 9 Pro at IFA 2018
ZTE's troubles as of late have been well documented. Following a substantial fine and a complete removal of the senior staff from SVP and above, the company is now...
13 by Ian Cutress on 9/18/2018
Samsung Releases Exynos Modem 5100 - First Multi-Mode 5G Modem
Today Samsung announced its new Exynos Modem 5100 – what it claims to be the industry’s first multi-mode 5G modem. While over the last few months, and years, we’ve heard...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/15/2018
Motorola Enables 5G: A Moto Mod for the z3
The concept of modular phones has gone from non-existent, to completely modular everything, and back again. The more you can embed into a phone at once, the slimmer the...
13 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018
Qualcomm Announces Their First 5G mmWave Antenna Module: QTM052, Coming This Year
For the past couple of years now, Qualcomm has been very publicly putting together the final pieces of the puzzle that are 5G cellular. The company announced their discrete...
20 by Ryan Smith on 7/23/2018
The ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex Review: X Marks the Spot, Literally
The ASUS ROG Apex line of boards have always been known for its focus on overclocking as well as unique design implementations like the "X" shaped board and the...
40 by Joe Shields on 5/11/2018
Interview with Aicha Evans, Intel’s Chief Strategy Officer
Expanding into several different new markets has challenges that only the most well positioned and structured companies can achieve. Having covered the growth of Intel over the last ten...
30 by Ian Cutress on 4/4/2018
Immersion Server Liquid Cooling: ZTE Makes a Splash at MWC
Big data centers are often cooled by air, and large HVAC/air-conditioning machines. The ones near the Arctic Circle can rely on the outside air to help. If a center...
11 by Ian Cutress on 3/12/2018
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