Qualcomm wants to make drones smarter
Head IoE-Consumer Electronics talks smart drones
Qualcomm wants to make drones smarter and is using the Snapdragon developer board to make it happen. Fudzilla was shown Qualcomm's proof of concept drones that are capable of knowing and mapping environment.
Intel modems will be in half of iPhone 7s
Ready for this year
Chipzilla has scored a more significant chunk of the upcoming iPhone 7 which is due to be released this year.
Qualcomm defector claims Intel is better placed for IoT
Chipzilla paid him $25 million so he should say that
The bloke who Intel paid $25 million last year to leave Qualcomm claims that Chipzilla is in a strong position to take control of the internet of things.
Serious security flaw in Qualcomm packages
Found in hundreds of Android phone models
FireEye has found a vulnerability in Qualcomm software packages which are under the bonnet of hundreds of Android phone models.
Nvidia and Samsung settle IP Litigation
Details unknown
Nvidia was confident that it could pressure Samsung and Qualcomm into some kind of licensing dea and started a legal battle in September 2014. However not it appears that the battle is over and with a disappointing result.
Samsung cranks up third gen FinFET process
Lower electricity and cheaper
Samsung Electronics is introducing a third 14-nano FinFET system semiconductor process that has lower electricity consumption and production cost than previous cost.
Xiaomi will fire up its homemade rifle soon
A mobile processor of its own
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is about to launch a mobile processor to reduce its dependence on Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Microsoft Surface phone rumoured to have Snapdragon 830
Wants top of the range
The much rumoured never seen Microsoft Surface Phone is not likely to have Intel inside. According to the latest rumours, it will have the unannounced Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 instead.
Qualcomm buries the hatchet with LG
LG agrees to pay more for its chips
Qualcomm has buried the hatchet with LG after the smartphone vendor agreed to pay more for its chips.
Qualcomm has two 10nm Snapdragons
830 and 828 in 10nm FinFET
We already expected a Snapdragon 823 which would be a faster version of MSM98996, better known as Snapdragon 820. Now the recent leak indicates that there might be a 828 and 830 coming later this year using the 10nm FinFET process.