Qualcomm
Proving the adage “ask, and you shall receive”, Qualcomm is back this week for a second Snapdragon SoC announcement for mobile phones. This time, the company is announcing the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, the latest-generation member of their relatively new Snapdragon 7+ lineup of SoCs. Like its predecessor, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, the Gen 3 is aimed at the premium segment of smartphones, offering high-end features with more modest performance and costs – but still a feature set and level of performance ahead of “mid-tier” smartphone SoCs. And, with Monday’s launch of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, this is a segment that has been bifurcated into two lines of SKUs over at Qualcomm.
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 820 and Zeroth Platform
Today, Qualcomm is announcing the new Zeroth Platform, which is enabled by the Snapdragon 820 SoC. While Qualcomm is avoiding any real disclosure of the SoC at this point, we...
36 by Joshua Ho on 3/2/2015
Qualcomm Announces New SoC Lineup, Modem Branding
Qualcomm today announced 4 new additions to its Snapdragon 400 and 600 lineup of SoCs, along with a reshuffle and rebranding of their modem lineup. Let's begin with the...
40 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/18/2015
Understanding Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810: Performance Preview
While we can dance around the issue, it’s impossible to have any real discussion about Snapdragon 810 without addressing the flurry of rumors that have surrounded this SoC. There...
119 by Joshua Ho & Andrei Frumusanu on 2/12/2015
China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million for Anti-trust Violations
Word comes out of China this evening that an ongoing anti-trust investigation into Qualcomm has come to an end. Ruling against Qualcomm, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has...
59 by Ryan Smith on 2/9/2015
ARM Challenging Intel in the Server Market: An Overview
Calxeda is no more, but many ARM licensees are preparing to storm the server market. Do they have a have fighting chance? Is the server ARMada capable of competing...
78 by Johan De Gelas on 12/16/2014
NVIDIA Files Patent Infringement Complaints Against Qualcomm & Samsung
In a surprising move this afternoon, NVIDIA has announced that they will be filing patent infringement complaints against both Qualcomm and Samsung. This complaint is centered around the alleged...
77 by Ryan Smith & Jarred Walton on 9/4/2014
HTC Announces Desire 510: First 64-bit Android Phone
While normally one might expect high end phones to get the latest and greatest features first, this time we see a bit of a surprising reversal. The Desire 510...
47 by Joshua Ho on 8/27/2014
State of the Part: SoC Manufacturers
Introduction A few years ago, it seemed a new System-On-Chip (SoC) design using an ARM-based architecture would pop up every other week. While competition can be great, with so many...
94 by Jarred Walton on 8/19/2014
Galaxy S5 LTE-A: Battery Life, Performance
While I was planning on doing a full review for the GS5 LTE-A, it turns out that there’s relatively little that changes between the original Galaxy S5 and this...
32 by Joshua Ho on 8/5/2014
Inside the First Android Wear Devices: LG G Watch & Samsung Gear Live Teardown
Last week at IO, Google gave attendees a choice of one of two Android Wear devices to take home and get experience with the platform. Although I personally opted...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/30/2014
Google I/O: Qualcomm Celebrates Launch of Adreno 420 GPU for Android Gaming
With Google’s annual I/O developers’ conference taking place this week, this should end up being a busy week for Android news. The conference itself doesn’t officially start until Wednesday...
65 by Ryan Smith on 6/23/2014
Qualcomm Atheros Launches FSM90xx SoCs for LTE Neighborhood & SMB Small Cells
Today, Qualcomm Atheros is announcing a new line of SoCs targeted at residential deployments, along with small and medium business. The FSM90xx line is similar in purpose to the...
0 by Joshua Ho on 6/11/2014
Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Performance Preview
Last year Qualcomm announced a new tier in its high end SoC roadmap with the Snapdragon 805. Priced somewhat above the current Snapdragon 800/801, the 805 would be the...
149 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/21/2014
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 808/810: 20nm High-End 64-bit SoCs with LTE Category 6/7 Support in 2015
Today Qualcomm is rounding out its 64-bit family with the Snapdragon 808 and 810. Like the previous 64-bit announcements (Snapdragon 410, 610 and 615), the 808 and 810 leverage...
101 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/7/2014
Qualcomm Announces MU-MIMO 802.11ac Family: Increasing the Efficiency of 802.11ac Networks
At the beginning of 2012 Broadcom announced its first 802.11ac chipsets under the banner of 5G (5th generation) WiFi. Since then we've seen the latest high end notebooks adopt...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2014
The Difference Between Snapdragon 800 and 801: Clearing up Confusion
A couple of weeks ago at MWC, Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 801 which was positioned as a speed bump for the next wave of flagship smartphones. Qualcomm touted a...
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/10/2014
My First Mobile World Congress: Round Up and Impressions
The decision to send four editors to MWC this year meant that Anand, Brian, Joshua and I were thrust deep in the heart of Barcelona for the best part...
4 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2014
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC): The New 32-bit Flagship Until 805
As Qualcomm continues to move its SoCs to 64-bit ARMv8 based cores, there's still demand for high-performance 32-bit solutions today. We're still some months away from Snapdragon 805 showing...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
ZTE Announces Use of Qualcomm CMOS PA as March Towards RF360 Continues
Today at MWC Qualcomm announced ZTE will be the first smartphone customer to ship with Qualcomm's CMOS Power Amplifier, a part of its RF360 front end solution. This is...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
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