Qualcomm announces Quick Charge 3.0
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 15 September 2015 09:51

Qualcomm announces Quick Charge 3.0


From zero to 80 per cent in 35 minutes

Qualcomm has announced a successor to the Quick Charge 2.0 standard with the inventive and original name Quick Charge 3.0. 

Qualcomm wants Snapdragons in drones
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 11 September 2015 12:28

Qualcomm wants Snapdragons in drones


Firebreathing flying snapdragons

Chipmaker Qualcomm has created a board designed for consumer drones and robotics applications.

Sony fixes Snapdragon 810 overheating on Xperia Z5 Premium
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Teardown reveals dual heatpipe

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 SoC will go down in history as a SoC that likes to overheat but it appears that Sony managed to solve that problem with its newest Xperia Z5 Premium and Xperia Z5 smartphones by using a dual heatpipe to cool it down.

Vevo music poaches top Qualcomm exec
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Wednesday, 02 September 2015 17:28

Vevo music poaches top Qualcomm exec


Jon Carvill is now VP of communications   

A rock star PR who worked as a Senior Director of communication at Qualcomm has been poached by the music outfit Vevo.

Snapdragon 820 Kryo clocks up to 2.2GHz
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Wednesday, 02 September 2015 15:56

Snapdragon 820 Kryo clocks up to 2.2GHz


Twice the performance and power efficiency of Snapdragon 810

Qualcomm has just revealed the clock speed and manufacturing process for its Kryo core. Snapdragon 820 is a 14nm FinFET based quad-core with up to 2.2GHz core clock. 

Xiaomi makes its own SoC
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Monday, 31 August 2015 10:14

Xiaomi makes its own SoC


Joining the big boys in 2016

Xiaomi is the latest big phone manufacturer trying to make its own SoCs to differentiate itself from the fearsome competition. 

Qualcomm wirelessly charges BMW safety car
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Wednesday, 26 August 2015 12:24

Qualcomm wirelessly charges BMW safety car


Wirelessly charges BMW 8i Safety car

Qualcomm Technologies has launched its new Official Safety Car for season two of the FIA's Formula E Championship.

Qualcomm reveals Hexagon 680 DSP
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Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:41

Qualcomm reveals Hexagon 680 DSP


Snapdragon 820 part

Qualcomm revealing its latest generation piece by piece. We have heard about the Adreno 530 GPU and now the company started talking about Hexagon 680 DSP.

Samsung has not given up on Snapdragons yet
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Testing them in its lab

Samsung is rumoured to be testing the new Snapdragons in its labs, as a sign that the company has not given up on Qualcomm yet.

Qualcomm gets iPhone Modem chip contract
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 18 August 2015 13:00

Qualcomm gets iPhone Modem chip contract


But it may not last

Qualcomm looks certain to supply Apple with the modem chips for the upcoming iPhone, but the relatonship's future is not set in stone.