Asus beefs up ROG Phone II for European launch
With new ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition
Asus took IFA 2019 show in Berlin by storm, unveiling a lot of new and upcoming products, including European launch of the ROG Phone II, a 2nd generation gaming smartphone which will get a special Ultimate Edition with a new color scheme, faster LTE, and more storage space.
Qualcomm releases Wi-Fi 6 chips
5G boosting
Qualcomm announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of the technology and one that Qualcomm hopes will help boost sales of its separate 5G chips.
Qualcomm gets partial stay on antitrust enforcement
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold the ruling
Qualcomm has won a partial stay against the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling in a lawsuit brought by the FTC.
Qualcomm signs five year deal with LG
Hatchet buried for now
Qualcomm has entered into a new five-year patent license agreement with LG Electronics to develop, manufacture and sell 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones.
Apple is picking at Intel's modem corpse
Something else we warned would happen
The fruity cargo cult Apple is predictably in talks to buy Intel's modem business after causing that arm of Intel to crash earlier this year.
Snapdragon 855 Plus announced
Gaming phones and VR target
Qualcomm has decided to announce an updated version of its flagship Snapdragon 855 7nm chip. It is simply called Snapdragon 855 Plus. The CPU is about four percent faster while the GPU gets a saucy 15 percent boost. It is clear that gaming phone manufacturers and VR enthusiast platform builders will be all over it.
After Judge denies request
A US judge ruled against Qualcomm effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile chip supplier pursues an appeal that could take more than a year.
“Improper, unfair, and prejudicial.”
The US Federal Trade Commission objected to a move by mobile chip supplier Qualcomm to introduce internal Apple documents in its fight to stop the enforcement of a May antitrust ruling.
US chipmakers lobby for Huawei
Asking Trump to stop hurting them to get to China
US chipmakers Qualcomm and Intel, are quietly pressing the U.S. government to ease its ban on sales to the Chinese tech giant, even as Huawei itself avoids typical government lobbying, people familiar with the situation said.
Huawei: Ennui thought it was the zeitgeist
Opinion: Mike Magee's Rave - War of the Worlds kicks off
I never in my wildest dreams – and my dreams are wild, by the way – that I considered that a headline could combine Mandarin, French, English and German. This one has.