The PC802 SoC is a purpose-designed SoC for 5G NR/LTE small cell disaggregated and integrated RAN architectures
Picocom has introduced the PC802 SoC (system on chip), a flexible, low power device that the company claims “empowers the innovation of a new breed of 5G NR...
Qualcomm sees AI as instrumental to its expansion beyond smartphones
Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--“The concept is this,” Qualcomm VP of Technology Jeff Gehlhaar told me in the press lounge at the Fairmont Orchid....
Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...
Diversification and the market moving towards mobile make “the time of Qualcomm right now”
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s message to investors at an event in New York City today was crystal clear. “This is the time of Qualcomm right now. We’re truly diversifying. The market...
Qualcomm reported quarterly revenue of $9.3 billion beating analysts’ projections
Qualcomm this week reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectation in terms of total revenue and earnings per share. The San Diego-based company reported quarterly revenue of $9.3 billion with the chips business growing 56%...
The latest IDC report revealed that global smartphone shipments are down 6.7% as a result of the ongoing chip shortage
Despite a double-digit annual growth rate in the first half of 2021— 25% in the first quarter of 2021 and more than 13% in the second...
Qualcomm has announced three new chip series intended to bring 5G capabilities to mid-range smartphones, as well as one series focused on the continued evolution of LTE.
“Mid-range smartphones are expected to be the main driver for accelerating 5G device adoption – especially in...
Cisco exec: 'We have seen the world transform over the last year and a half, and the internet had to transform with it'
Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Cisco have been working together on what they refer to as a shared vision “to connect more people...
China is responsible for 40.3% of global 6G patent filings, followed by the U.S. with 35.2%. Japan with 9.9%, Europe with 8.9% and South Korea with 4.2%, according to a report by Nikkei.
Nikkei worked with Tokyo-based research firm Cyber Creative Institute to survey nearly...
Service provider networks needs to be prepared for the unexpected, says Heidi Adams of Nokia
Nokia has unveiled the latest generation of its network processing silicon, the FP5, which the company says will address increasing pressures on network capacity, speed and security.
"One thing we're...
Aggregate royalty payments for licensing cellular technology standard-essential patents (SEPs) in smartphones have remained in modest single-digit percentages and have declined since 2013.
This defies purported concerns that the stacking of patent royalties paid to multiple licensors have led to or would lead to unreasonably...
Taiwan-based TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, reportedly plans to raise prices between 10-20%, impacting devices from smartphones to automobiles.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reported that TSMC expects to raise prices on its most advanced chips by...
Newzoo has issued a new report that concludes that the global market for cloud gaming will hit 23.7 million paying users and $1.6 billion in revenues in 2021, aligning with the previous predications made by Safe Betting Sites that, for the first time, cloud...
Qualcomm Technologies and Chinese vendor ZTE said they have successfully showcased features required in anticipation of 5G mmWave rollouts in China.
The two firms said they carried out trials with the aim of supporting the testing needs of the IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group for 200-megahertz...
Qualcomm is one of a very few companies world-wide in the spaces of 5G, networks, handsets, wireless and connected devices. Every company, in every industry has experienced a chip shortage this past year. The good news is Qualcomm has not only held their own,...
Cognitive networks apply data intelligence to end-to-end data flows
The latest generation of cellular, 5G New Radio, has three primary characteristics: multi-gigabit per second throughput, ultra low latency and very high reliability, and support for massive numbers of internet of things devices. While consumer-facing 5G...
Marvell projects $150 million incremental revenue increase in 2023
Marvell Technology, a data center semiconductor specialist, announced this week a "definitive agreement" to acquire Innovium in all stock transaction valued at $1.1 billion and set to close by year end pending approval from shareholders and...
Google: 'Tensor was built for how people use their phones today and how people will use them in the future'
Blaming computing limitations of third-party options, Google announced that its newest smartphone series, the Pixel 6, will sport an in-house chip called Tensor. Critical to...
Intel plans to invest $600 million, up from $350 million, in the chip manufacturing plant
As a result of the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors, Intel this week revealed that is has nearly doubled a previously proposed investment in a micro-chip plant in Costa Rica...
Ericsson exec: '5G is leading to a fully realized IoT and bringing us closer to a truly connected world'
Ericsson and MIT have made plans to jointly research and design hardware for 5G and 6G mobile networks. Specifically, Ericsson Research and the MIT Materials Research Laboratory are...
Qualcomm president: 'The global deployment of 5G mmWave is inevitable and essential'
Qualcomm revealed at MWC 2021 that the Snapdragon 888, its 5G mobile platform announced in December 2020, is getting an upgrade. The new model, the Snapdragon 888 Plus, offers an increased Qualcomm Kryo...
The AI-on-5G platform combines the GPU and the DPU on the same EGX Nvidia AI card
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Nvidia announced that it is extending support for Arm-based CPUs in the Nvidia Aerial A100 AI-on-5G, a platform first revealed in April at...
