Category: Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 gets benchmarked again, reveals better score than Apple A12 Bionic and Kirin 980

Back in September Qualcomm’s next-generation flagship Mobile Platform which is said to be released as SM8150 passed through Geekbench revealing scores on-par with the Apple’s A11 Bionic chip and better than the Snapdragon 845-powered flagships. Now the SoC has passed through AnTuTu revealing whopping 362292 points, better than Apple’s A12 Bionic chip that scored around 3.5 lakhs, and Kirin 980’s score of 2.7 lakhs. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 gets benchmarked again, reveals better score than Apple A12 Bionic and Kirin 980”

Federal Trade Commission rules Qualcomm must license its modem patents to competitors

The U.S. federal court in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which monitors acts of commerce, ruled against Qualcomm over the alleged anti-competitive practices and abuse of FRAND patents. This means that Qualcomm must license its modem patents to competitors. Continue reading “Federal Trade Commission rules Qualcomm must license its modem patents to competitors”

Top uses cases for 5G

The information about 5th-generation mobile a.k.a. 5G has been cooking for more than a year now, however, we are finally starting to see some research and development. Considered to be the next big thing in wireless communications, the so-called 5G can radically improve bandwidth, reliability and other crucial factors as well. Continue reading “Top uses cases for 5G”

Qualcomm says Apple still owes $7 billion in device royalty payments

Apple

Qualcomm Inc. in its ongoing federal dispute with Apple on October 26th, in a San Diego federal court, said that the Cupertino company is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm. While this claim doesn’t mean that Apple owes Qualcomm that much, but reveals the scale of fines in the legal dispute. Continue reading “Qualcomm says Apple still owes $7 billion in device royalty payments”

Xiaomi will launch Snapdragon 675-powered smartphone next year

Earlier today at the 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, Qualcomm introduced its latest Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform based on 11nm process technology, 2 performance (based on new Cortex A76) cores and 6 effciency cores (based on Cortex A55) as well as enhanced AI Engine, Spectra 250 ISP,  Kryo 460 CPUs and Adreno 612 GPU.
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Qualcomm and Ericsson make first 3GPP-compliant 5G NR sub-6 GHz OTA call

Qualcomm and Ericsson

Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson at the 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong announced the successful completion of a 3GPP Rel-15 spec compliant 5G NR over-the-air (OTA) call over sub-6 GHz bands on a smartphone form factor mobile test device. The OTA call was conducted in the Ericsson Lab in Stockholm, Sweden on the 3.5 GHz band. Continue reading “Qualcomm and Ericsson make first 3GPP-compliant 5G NR sub-6 GHz OTA call”

Qualcomm introduces first Bluetooth smart headset reference design featuring push-button activation support for Alexa

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the industry’s first qualified end-to-end Bluetooth Smart Headset reference design featuring push-button activation support for Alexa for users of Android phones with the Alexa app. It is based on Qualcomm’s Bluetooth audio chips; QCC5100-series. Continue reading “Qualcomm introduces first Bluetooth smart headset reference design featuring push-button activation support for Alexa”

Qualcomm’s new QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module is 25% smaller

Qualcomm has introduced a new addition to the Qualcomm QTM052 mmWave antenna module family of fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave) modules for smartphones and other mobile devices. This is 25% smaller than the first QTM052 mmWave antenna modules that were announced in July 2018. Continue reading “Qualcomm’s new QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module is 25% smaller”

OnePlus will launch 5G smartphones in 2019: Carl Pei

The upcoming OnePlus 6T might that will go official later this month might not faeture 5G support. OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei at the 4G/5G Summit 2018 in Hong Kong announced that OnePlus will be one of the first companies to launch 5G smartphones next year. He also said that OnePlus and his team had already conducted a 5G test at Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego back in August.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 11nm Mobile Platform with support for triple rear and front cameras, smart AI features announced

Qualcomm at its 4G/5G Summit 2018 at Hong Kong announced Snapdragon 675, the company’s next generation Mobile Platform in the 600-tier. This promises 20% overall performance improvement, optimized across 2
performance (based on new Cortex A76) cores and 6 effciency cores (based on Cortex A55). It has Qualcomm AI Engine, Qualcomm Spectra 250 ISP, Qualcomm Kryo 460 CPUs and Qualcomm Adreno 612 GPU. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 11nm Mobile Platform with support for triple rear and front cameras, smart AI features announced”

Qualcomm introduces QCA64x8 and QCA64x1 first 802.11ay 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets for WiGig devices

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Qualcomm Technologies has announced 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets; the QCA64x8 and QCA64x1 that are capable of delivering 10+ gigabit-per-second (Gbps) network speeds and wire-equivalent latency, while setting the industry low-power benchmark for extended device battery life. Continue reading “Qualcomm introduces QCA64x8 and QCA64x1 first 802.11ay 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets for WiGig devices”

Verizon, Nokia and Qualcomm achieve 1.45Gbps advanced LTE speeds

LTE weakness

Verizon, Nokia, and Qualcomm Technologies recently reached peak data speeds of 1.45 gigabits per second (Gbps) on LTE in a live commercial environment using six channel carrier aggregation. For the first time in the USA, three companies in a commercial environment combined six separate channels of the spectrum. Continue reading “Verizon, Nokia and Qualcomm achieve 1.45Gbps advanced LTE speeds”

Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing trade secrets to improve performance of Intel chips

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Qualcomm seems to be in no mood to stop its legal battle against Apple as the chip maker freshly accuses Apple of stealing software and tools to improve chips from its rival Intel. Qualcomm is asking the judge to include the consideration of the latest accusations to a case between the two in state court in California. The suit is due to go to trial in April next year. Continue reading “Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing trade secrets to improve performance of Intel chips”

Qualcomm announces open-source DIRBS platform to combat counterfeit, stolen devices

Qualcomm today announced that it is making its Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) platform as freely downloadable open-source software. The DIRBS server-based software platform can be used to help identify illegal, and stolen mobile devices in a country. Continue reading “Qualcomm announces open-source DIRBS platform to combat counterfeit, stolen devices”

Verizon completes first 5G NR call on a commercial network with simulated smartphone

Verizon 5G

Verizon, Ericsson, and Qualcomm Technologies today announced that they have completed the first end-to-end call with a smartphone form factor test device on a commercial 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) network in Minneapolis, MN. This test demonstrates the experience consumers will eventually have on a commercial 5G NR network when it becomes available.  Continue reading “Verizon completes first 5G NR call on a commercial network with simulated smartphone”