Qualcomm files new lawsuit against Apple over iPhone X, seeks partial ban in the US

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Right after Apple filed a countersuit against Qualcomm on Wednesday, the San Diego based chipset maker has fired back by filing three new patent infringement lawsuits against Apple saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iPhones. Continue reading “Qualcomm files new lawsuit against Apple over iPhone X, seeks partial ban in the US”

Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s takeover proposal

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Last week Broadcom made an offer to acquire Qualcomm at $130 Billion, which is $70 per share which consist of $60.00 in cash and $10.00 per share in Broadcom shares. Qualcomm today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously rejected the unsolicited proposal by Broadcom.

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Qualcomm and T-Mobile showcase Gigabit Class LTE, expands to 430 markets

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With a plenty of room for improvement in LTE, at an event for media and analysts in the San Jose Convention Center, Qualcomm and T-Mobile have demonstrated the speed and power of Gigabit Class LTE on T-Mobile’s network with flagship smartphones powered by Snapdragon Gigabit LTE modems.

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Qualcomm announces commercial shipment of Centriq 2400 – the world’s first 10nm server processor

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Qualcomm has officially announced the commercial shipment of its newest 10 nanometer server processor series – the Centriq 2400 processor family at its press conference in San Jose, California. The latest processor designed for data centers is Arm based and is said to offer high performance for cloud workloads. Continue reading “Qualcomm announces commercial shipment of Centriq 2400 – the world’s first 10nm server processor”

Broadcom proposes to acquire Qualcomm valued at $130 Billion

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Broadcom has finally made an offer to acquire Qualcomm at $130 Billion, which is $70 per share which consist of $60.00 in cash and $10.00 per share in Broadcom shares just as reported. Broadcom’s offer is almost 28% premium over the closing price of the Qualcomm common stock’s closing price on Nov. 2, 2017.

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Broadcom exploring options to acquire Qualcomm for over $100 billion: Report

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Broadcom is exploring options to purchase chipset maker Qualcomm according to the sources close to the matter, reports Bloomberg and Reuters. The company is considering on bidding more than $100 billion in what could be the biggest ever takeover of a chipmaker.

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Qualcomm sues Apple over contract breach of Phone-Chip Software

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Qualcomm has sued Apple yet again, and this time the popular chipset maker has accused Apple of breaching the contract of use of the software that is needed to make the chipset work with other parts of mobile phones and communicate with networks.

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LG, Qualcomm team up for connected car technology

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LG and Qualcomm have teamed up to develop a range of next-generation connected car solutions and even plans to open a joint research center in South Korea. Where they will develop 5G technology for vehicle and C-V2X (Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything) technologies that are essential to the next-generation autonomous vehicles.

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Qualcomm achieves 1Gbps download speeds with X50 5G modem, shows 5G smartphone reference design

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At the ongoing Qualcomm 4G/5G summit, Qualcomm officially introduced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem and has demoed the 5G data connectivity on a single-chip 5G modem. The company with its 5G modem was able to deliver 1-gigabit per second download speeds and a data connection of 28GHz mmWave radio frequency band combined with advanced signal processing technologies.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with support for FHD+ displays, Quick Charge 4 announced

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Qualcomm at the 2017 4G/5G Summit announced Snapdragon 636, an upgraded version of Snapdragon 630 that was introduced earlier this year. It is developed using the same 14nm FinFet process technology, but this uses eight Kryo 260 CPUs instead of A53 CPUs in the Snapdragon 630 that promises 40% increase in performance. It also has support for ultra-wide FHD+ displays and Assertive Display, which optimizes the visibility of the display in all lighting conditions. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with support for FHD+ displays, Quick Charge 4 announced”

Qualcomm files lawsuit against Apple in China over patent infringement, seeks iPhone Ban

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Qualcomm seems to have no intentions to stop its fight against Apple as the chipset maker has yet again filed legal lawsuits in China seeking to ban of sale and Manufacturing of iPhones in the country. The San Diego based company is aiming to take a dig at Apple in the world’s largest market for smartphones where most of the iPhones are being manufactured. Continue reading “Qualcomm files lawsuit against Apple in China over patent infringement, seeks iPhone Ban”

Qualcomm fined $773 Million by Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission

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Qualcomm is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. The company has been fined $773 million by the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission for violating laws by licensing its patents unfairly. Continue reading “Qualcomm fined $773 Million by Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission”

Qualcomm teases Apple ahead of iPhone X event, says Android always first to new technology

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Apple is all set to introduce iPhone X at an event in Cupertino, California later today. Qualcomm has teased the phone saying that Qualcomm  has enabled some of the world’s first notable features on Android with the list of devices with features such as facial recognition, dual camera tech, bezel-less OLED screen and more that are expected to be present in the iPhone X.
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Qualcomm and Nokia partner for 5G NR deployment

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Qualcomm and Nokia have announced plans to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on the 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15 specifications being developed by 3GPP. Qualcomm also introduced 5G NR mmWave prototype system, which operates in millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum bands above 24 GHz and released a white paper on “Addressing the strong mobile broadband demand in 2019 & beyond”. Continue reading “Qualcomm and Nokia partner for 5G NR deployment”