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.
Snapdragon 610 & 615: Qualcomm Continues Down its 64-bit Warpath with 4/8-core Cortex A53 Designs
The unexpected arrival of Apple's first 64-bit ARMv8 core (codename: Cyclone) at the end of last year forced a transition to 64-bit sooner than expected. Silicon vendors keep telling...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
Toshiba and Qualcomm Set to Introduce UFS 2.0 Solutions in 2014
Since they first started showing up on the market, most smartphones and tablets have used eMMC flash storage. While in some ways similar to the NAND flash used in...
8 by Jarred Walton on 1/14/2014
Qualcomm Demos Snapdragon 805 & 802 at CES 2014
I don't know of any other mobile SoC vendor (outside of Apple) that has been able to deliver frequent, consistent architecture and product updates as well as Qualcomm. Its...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/14/2014_carousel.JPG)
Lenovo: Yoga, Miix 2, and ThinkPad Tablets; Vibe Z and K900 Smartphones
Moving along in our Lenovo coverage, there were a couple of smartphones as well as quite a few tablets on display. The Yoga Tablet 8 and 10 promise up...
11 by Jarred Walton on 1/10/2014
Qualcomm CES 2014 Live Blog
We're seated at Qualcomm's CES 2014 press conference, which is getting underway shortly at noon PT. Stay tuned for our live coverage.
16 by Brian Klug & Jarred Walton on 1/6/2014
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 410 Based on 64-bit ARM Cortex A53
ARM told us to expect some of the first 64-bit ARMv8 based SoCs to ship in 2014, and it looks like we're seeing just that. Today Qualcomm is officially...
95 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/9/2013
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805: 2.5GHz, 128-bit Memory Interface, D3D11-class Graphics & More
Qualcomm has had an incredible year. It wasn’t too long ago that I was complaining about Qualcomm’s release cadence, the lull between Scorpion and Krait allowed competitors like NVIDIA...
105 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/22/2013
Qualcomm Announces Fourth Gen Cat 6 LTE Modem – MDM9x35
In addition to the IPQ8064 news this morning, Qualcomm released a host of other product announcements we're working our way through. Among them is news of its fourth generation...
16 by Brian Klug on 11/20/2013
Qualcomm Atheros Announces New Internet Processor Category - IPQ8064 and IPQ8062
Today Qualcomm Atheros is announcing two new products and an entirely new category on its roadmap, the Internet Processor, prefixed IPQ (Internet Processor Qualcomm). The two new SoCs are...
22 by Brian Klug on 11/20/2013
Qualcomm's Modem Workshop - Lots of Comparisons
Last year Qualcomm flew me out to their San Diego headquarters to talk about modems and transceivers, and what ended up being of the biggest public disclosures made from...
18 by Brian Klug on 11/8/2013
iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display include Qualcomm's MDM9615 baseband
We've had a few days to digest everything announced at Apple's recent event, and one of the remaining questions was whether the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina...
10 by Brian Klug on 10/24/2013
Xiaomi Announces the MI3 - Tegra 4 and MSM8974AB inside
Xiaomi has been making some interesting news lately, first with the abrupt transition of Hugo Barra from Google to Xiaomi, now with the announcement of their latest high end...
28 by Brian Klug on 9/5/2013
Qualcomm Announces its Smartwatch Platform - Qualcomm Toq (Update: Now With Specs)
We’re at Qualcomm’s Uplinq 2013 conference where Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs has announced Qualcomm Toq, a smartwatch with a Mirasol color screen that can still be viewed outdoors in...
21 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013
Moto X Review
It has been a long time since I’ve seen a smartphone so fervently rumored, discussed, hyped, and finally announced like the Moto X has been. The level of buzz...
106 by Brian Klug on 8/26/2013
Nexus 7 (2013) JSS15Q OTA Update Rolling Out - Fixes GPS/GNSS and Multitouch Issues
We published the full Nexus 7 (2013) review today, and liked it so much we gave it our Editors Choice Silver award. I'm a huge fan of the updated...
18 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2013
A Quick Look at the Moto X - Motorola's New Flagship
Since being acquired by Google, there’s been a lot of speculation about what’s coming next from Motorola. Last week they announced their Droid lineup for Verizon, this week they’re...
165 by Brian Klug on 8/1/2013
Nexus 7 (2013) - Mini Review
At an event in San Francisco, Google announced an updated version of the popular Nexus 7 tablet which first appeared at last year’s Google I/O. The big new features...
253 by Brian Klug on 7/27/2013
HTC Announces One mini - 4.3 inch display, aluminum, and Snapdragon 400
We knew it was coming, and after a long wait and endless leaks the HTC One mini is upon us. Smaller phones seem to be something everyone wants more...
42 by Brian Klug on 7/18/2013
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 200 Additions - MSM8x10 and MSM8x12
Last week, Qualcomm announced two new members of the Snapdragon 200 tier. As a reminder, Qualcomm has moved to a tiered structure split between 200, 400, 600, and 800...
11 by Brian Klug on 6/24/2013
LG to include Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 in next G Series Smartphone
Hot off the heels of the Snapdragon 800 benchmarking event in San Francisco, LG has dropped a press release by noting that its next G series smartphone will include...
14 by Brian Klug on 6/19/2013
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