Intel mobile chip boss gives up
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 04 April 2016 13:54

Intel mobile chip boss gives up


Only took a year

The woman who was supposed to be behind Intel’s mobile chip boost has given up on the job after only a year.

Intel not inside the iPhone SE
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 30 March 2016 14:06

Intel not inside the iPhone SE


Apple stuck with Qualcomm


One of the things that did not get noticed in Apple’s release notes for its rebadged iPhone5S is that the modem was not from Intel.

iPhone SE has Qualcomm LTE modem
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 25 March 2016 18:22

iPhone SE has Qualcomm LTE modem


Industry insiders confirmed

Contrary to our previous reports we got a tip that iPhone SE will continue using Qualcomm modems and not change to Intel. 

Qualcomm demonstrates 1Gbps X16 modem
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Thursday, 25 February 2016 12:07

Qualcomm demonstrates 1Gbps X16 modem


Reaches 980 Mbps+ speeds

Qualcomm is having a good year when it comes to the high end products with both Samung and LG basing their Flagships on Snapdragon 820 and 600 Mbps X12 modem.Now the company has demonstrated its X16 modem that can reach 1Gbps speeds

Qualcomm announces 1 Gbps X16 modem
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 11 February 2016 13:36

Qualcomm announces 1 Gbps X16 modem


14nm, available in 2H 2016

Qualcomm has finally launched what it thinks will be the next milestone in the LTE modem speed – a Gigabit Class LTE Chipset with download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.

Qualcomm plays its modem integration card
Published in News
Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:10

Qualcomm plays its modem integration card


One stop solution for greatness


Qualcomm and a few top managers have been underlining the importances of SoC integration – Snapdragon 820 has top WiFi, top LTE, top GPU, quite powerful DSP and custom cores.

Can Intel's army of minions get its modem into the iPhone7?
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The rumours might be half true

Earlier this week we wrote how Intel had assigned an army of minions to get its modem under the bonnet of the iPhone 7, however there is one elephant in the room which makes this nearly impossible – CDMA.

Snapdragon 820 gets superfast modem
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 15 September 2015 09:22

Snapdragon 820 gets superfast modem


Cat 12, 600 Mbps modem is a giant speed leap

Qualcomm has revealed that its coming Snapdragon 820 will have a Category 12, 600 Mbps 4G/ LTE modem.

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.

iPhone 6S is a dedicated follower of Qualcomm
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No Intel LTE inside anytime soon

Northland Capital Markets claimed that Intel might get up to 50 percent of all iPhone market in 2016, however we asked around and it turns out that is untrue.