Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G is out
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 25 February 2019 11:19

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G is out


Extreme battery life with Snapdragon X55 modem

Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm, just announced that the Snapdragon 8cx Always-Connected PC platform will get a 5G version. The Snapdragon 8cx SoC is matched with the Snapdragon X55 modem to support SA, NSA, and up to 7Gbps downloads speeds.

Snapdragon 5G phones to arrive in Q2 2019
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 04 December 2018 20:13

Snapdragon 5G phones to arrive in Q2 2019


Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon confirms

Cristiano Amon took the stage at the company’s third technology summit - the second in Maui Hawaii, and showed a 5G prototype phone form-factor device on a live AT&T/Verizon network.

Qualcomm will live stream Hawaii event again
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 28 November 2018 23:05

Qualcomm will live stream Hawaii event again


December 4, 5 and 6 at 9:00 a.m Hawaii time

The birthplace of the Snapdragon 845 last year, and the birthplace of its successor Snapdragon 855, Maui island in Hawaii, will be  where the Third Annual Snapdragon Technology Summit is taking place. For us, that means three out of three.

Qualcomm showcases video over 5G NR
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 23 October 2018 03:55

Qualcomm showcases video over 5G NR


Live X50 and next gen chipset with Ericsson  

Qualcomm  showcased 5G with Ericsson with real 5G over the Band 7 spectrum playing  video. This is the first public demonstration and Cristiano Amon said that this is the unannounced chipset.

Qualcomm's President speaks on the future of servers
Published in Cloud


Cristiano talks about living on the Edge

While there has been a lot of news that Qualcomm is shutting down its server division, it looks like that is not the case.  Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon told technology analysts that the server division is here to stay, but it will focus more on edge computing.

Qualcomm’s president speaks of future after NXP
Published in IoT


From 500 to 9K customers organically in IoT

The NXP saga has finally ended after 21 months of trying. Qualcomm paid the Dutch company $2 billion in damages due to its inability to get approval by China's regulatory agency, saying it happened because of matters beyond its control. This was the first time that the President of Qualcomm Cristiano Amon took a stage and informed business analysts about life after NXP in IoT.

Qualcomm scores 18 operators for 5G NR in 2019
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 12:19

Qualcomm scores 18 operators for 5G NR in 2019


20 OEM designs on X50

Qualcomm just announced the number of OEMs making X50 based phones at a Mobile World Congress 2018 press conference.

Snapdragon 700 is what people called 670
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 11:39

Snapdragon 700 is what people called 670


Just announced

Cristiano Amon just announced a brand new, Snapdragon 700 series that, as the name suggests, sits above the 600 series but below 800 series.

Snapdragon X50 hits 4.51 Gbps
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 14 February 2018 13:59

Snapdragon X50 hits 4.51 Gbps


Triples the speed from last demo

Snapdragon X24 is a huge step forward getting the connection on your phone up to 2 Gbps, but 5G will be faster. Qualcomm has just announced that an X50 modem can get you to 4.51 Gbps speeds and probably faster by the launch day.

Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm 2Gbps modem
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 14 February 2018 13:06

Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm 2Gbps modem


316.58 Mbps upload, double from 2017

Back in October Fudzilla asked Cristiano Amon, now President and Alex Katouzian VP and general manager of the mobile business at Qualcomm about the future of Gigabit LTE modems and we got a clear indication that things will be faster using the 1.2 GHz Snapdragon X20. The company has just announced that the Snapdragon X24 is the first 7nm chip and not only that, it supports 2Gbps speeds.