Qualcomm XR1 is the first XR platform
VR meets AR in future 10nm chip
Qualcomm has introduced a brand new platform called Snapdragon XR1, dedicated to Extended reality (XR) at the Augmented World Expo (AWE). It already has several customers on board.
Qualcomm meeting with China’s antitrust regulators
Wants to push through the NXP deal
Qualcomm is to meet this week in Beijing with China’s antitrust regulators in a final push to secure clearance for its proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP.
Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19
Lagging behind
Huawei plans to make CPE ((customer premises equipment) infrastructure devices in the first half of 2019 but it looks like 5G for phones won’t happen before 2H 2019.
Qualcomm NXP acquisition to close soon
Wants assurance ZTE Corp ban gets lifted
People close to the matter claim that China warmed up to the NXP Semiconductor acquisition by Qualcomm seeking assurances that the ZTE Corp 7 year ban will get lifted by the USA.
Qualcomm inks a deal with Chinese Thundercomm
Bringing edge on-device AI to developers in China
Qualcomm was keen to mention the new deal with Thundercomm at its AI Day in Beijing, which will bring the new Qualcomm on-device artificial intelligence to developers in China.
Qualcomm officially announces Snapdragon 710 SoC
Focus on AI and bringing high end features to mainstream
Qualcomm has officially announced its newest Snapdragon 710 SoC at the Qualcomm AI Day in Beijing, China, bringing up to 2x the performance of the previous generation Snapdragon 660 SoC, with a big focus on AI, as well as offering some of the premium features from the high-end Snapdragon 845 SoC.
Qualcomm 5G NR Solution for Small Cells out
FSM100xx industry’s first
Qualcomm has announced the industry’s first 5G NR solution targeted for small cells and remote radio head deployments (FSM100xx).
Qualcomm and Facebook team for 60GHz 802.11 ay WiFi
802.11 ay mmWave, 10 Gbps+ speeds
It is not every day you hear that Facebook and Qualcomm go out out in public announcing a plan to work together to deliver high speed internet connectivity with Facebook Terragraph technology through the development of a multi-node wireless system based on 60GHz technology from Qualcomm. This can result in 10Gbps speeds.
Qualcomm supports WPA3 wireless security
Most secure Wi-Fi network in the industry
Back at Mobile World Congress 2018, Qualcomm announced 2x2 802.11ax-ready solution for smartphones and a few days back it announced that this and the future wireless platform will support the new WPA3 security protocol.
Google could be working on Pixel smartwatches
Could be the new Qualcomm Wear SoC
According to the latest rumours, Google is working on a Pixel-branded smartwatch, or smartwatches, which could be launched alongside the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL and 2nd-gen Pixel Buds. The word on the street is that it has the new Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear SoC.under the bonnet.