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New Samsung UWB chipset for auto and IoT; plus new short-range portfolio brand

Samsung Electronics has announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100, for use in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. The new hardware solution offers precise distance measurements, down to “single-digit centimetres”, reckons the South Korean firm. It has introduced the U100 as...

Qualcomm CEO: ‘The best…is yet to come’

As diversification strategy plays out, Qualcomm tells shareholders about momentum in automotive, edge networking, IoT “We’re very excited about the future of Qualcomm,” CEO Critiano Amon said earlier this month at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. “And we continue to believe that the best of...

Samsung to put $230 billion into world’s largest chip-making cluster

Samsung Electronics plans to make a massive $230 billion investment in South Korea's chip-making capacity, in the form of a new "mega cluster" of silicon manufacturing that could end up being the world's largest such hub. The investment, to be made over the next...

Qualcomm 5G infrastructure momentum on display at MWC

To propel Open RAN, vRAN and public and private 5G networks, Qualcomm is drawing on domain expertise in connectivity and low-power compute Qualcomm again demonstrated the ongoing strength of its diversification push during Mobile World Congress with a number of partner announcements highlighting the semiconductor...

Additional chip restrictions could impact Nvidia, Qualcomm

The White House is pondering more extensive U.S. limitations on the sale of chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies, and those could have substantial impacts on Nvidia's ability to sell to Huawei and a lesser impact on Qualcomm, according to press reports on...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces gains momentum with telecom operators at MWC 2023

BARCELONA--Every year at the MWC (Mobile World Congress) event in Barcelona, the world’s biggest telecom operators gather among the smartphone OEMs and chip vendors to show off their latest achievements. This year, many of the telcos coalesced around Qualcomm’s XR platform, Snapdragon Spaces. Seven...

Qualcomm eyes 5G Advanced with Snapdragon X75

Delivering a 5G Advanced-ready modem/RF system will help Qualcomm continue to deliver on its diversification strategy Qualcomm today gave a first look at its new Snapdragon X75 Modem/RF System that is being positioned as providing device OEMs an evolutionary path forward to 3GPP Rel. 18...

Qualcomm reveals first 5G-NR Light modem-RF system

5G NR-Light is considered ideal for use cases like surveillance cameras, wearables and consumer IoT devices Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System chipset, a 5G NR-Light — or reduced capability (RedCap) — modem designed for lower-cost, smaller form-factor devices. According to the...

Qualcomm continues to grow automotive, IoT businesses

In Q1 of its fiscal 2023, Qualcomm revenues were down but diversification strategy seems to be working Global macroeconomic headwinds, as well as weak demand and an inventory drawdown hitting the handset business, impacted Qualcomm’s Q1; the company reported a 12% year-over-year revenue decrease to...

Qualcomm at WEF: The evolution of computing platforms and autonomous driving

Qualcomm CEO: "The technology you find today in your phone, you can simply think about this future where every other device can have the same technology”  Joining business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon...

Qualcomm CEO: ‘We are all in on auto’ 

At CES Qualcomm unveils concept car, announces new SoC for ADAS and digital cockpit, partners with Salesforce on automotive cloud LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm executives have for some time been discussing the chipmaker’s diversification strategy, which essentially leverages technologies developed for mobile communications and applies that expertise...

MediaTek reveals new 5G chipset for premium smartphones

The new chipset is built on TSMC's 4nm fabrication technology Last month, MediaTek announced its first SoC for 5G flagship smartphones, the Dimensity 9200. This week, the company has revealed yet another chipset in the lineup: The Dimensity 8200. The new chipset is designed for...

How do 5G and edge computing benefit warehouse automation?

The Industry 4.0 concept is driving the popularity of private 5G networks, which are also being increasingly adopted in the manufacturing and logistics space due to the lower costs of spectrum, Renu Navale, vice president in the Network and Edge Group and general manager...

AMD and Viettel complete 5G silicon trial in Vietnam

Viettel began testing commercial 5G services in parts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in 2019 AMD announced the successful completion of a 5G mobile network field trial with Viettel Group’s R&D arm Viettel High Tech (VHT). AMD supplied its Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC devices for...

Kagan: Qualcomm vs. Arm, chip battle between friends

Here we go again. Qualcomm has found itself in the middle of yet another grueling battle. This time with Arm, the chip technology company it has been working with. While no one knows how long this new fight will last, looking back on past...

Qualcomm and Snapdragon—a tale of two brands

With strategic branded technology partnerships and its Snapdragon Insiders program, Qualcomm is quickly developing its consumer-facing Snapdragon brand  Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with Snapdragon Summit. MAUI—In July 2021, Don McGuire was appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer...

AI is at the center of Qualcomm’s ‘one technology roadmap’ 

As Qualcomm leverages mobile tech to grow automotive, compute, IoT and XR businesses, AI is seemingly the tie that binds Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Summit. MAUI—The Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit is in its seventh year. Looking back...

Qualcomm merges AI and 5G in Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 

Latest Qualcomm flagship mobile platform uses AI to power camera, connectivity, gaming, security and sound Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Summit. MAUI—At its annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm today unveiled its latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen...

MediaTek details how its approaching MLO in Wi-Fi 7

The new MediaTek 5G chip offers a different multi-link operation architecture than its competitors Wi-Fi 7 is about more than speed. For those in the industry, it’s becoming increasingly clear that in order for wireless technology to better address the emerging use cases, it’s...

The scorching of Arm’s earth (Analyst Angle)

On September 30, 2022, Qualcomm Inc. quietly filed a counterclaim to Arm’s lawsuit against Qualcomm/Nuvia. It was a long-awaited rebuttal as it seemed Qualcomm had gone dark after the company’s General Counsel, Ann Chaplin, released a brief retort shortly after Arm went very public...

MediaTek unveils latest SoC for flagship 5G phones

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 supports seamless switching between mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz connectivity MediaTek this week unveiled its latest 5G chipset — the Dimensity 9200 — which will take up residence in flagship smartphones. The SoC supports both mmWave 5G and sub-6 GHz connectivity, as...

Chinese vendors test mmWave 5G Standalone using Qualcomm X65

mmWave 5G Standalone tests saw 7.1 Gbps download, 3.6 millisecond latency Chinese network equipment vendors CICT Mobile, Nokia Shanghai Bell and ZTE have tested the performance of mmWave 5G Standalone using devices equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System. According to a press...

Qualcomm: Software-defined vehicles will let automakers reclaim differentiation

As automotive architectures evolve to support electrification, Qualcomm focused on automated driving, digital cockpit and vehicle connectivity Vehicles are evolving very quickly and along multiple vectors—complex systems of cameras, LIDAR, radar and other sensors are being employed for assisted and autonomous driving; digital cockpits are...

MediaTek reveals new chipset for 5G smartphones

The Dimensity 1080 chipset supports sub-6GHz 5G and Wi-Fi 6 MediaTek says its newest chipset, called the Dimensity 1080 (D1080), offers 5G smartphones a “nice performance bump and significantly upgraded camera features.” When compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 920, the 1080, sports an upgraded...