T-Mobile preparing for 1 Gbps in 2017
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Sunday, 01 January 2017 17:35

T-Mobile preparing for 1 Gbps in 2017


4×4 MIMO and QAM 256 are the first step in the USA

Back in September, T-Mobile in the US announced that it supports 4×4 MIMO as well as QAM 256 on the download and QAM 64 on the upload side. The first phone to get this support was the Samsung Galaxy S7 and it looks like in 2017, T mobile will get you to 1Gbps class speeds or speeds up to 979 Mbps.

Qualcomm to show off Snapdragon 835 at CES
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Sunday, 01 January 2017 16:34

Qualcomm to show off Snapdragon 835 at CES


Hitting tablets, notebooks and phones near you

Qualcomm is tweeting a lot about Snapdragon 835 and it looks like that the company is ready to reveal a lot of details. Expect to see more about the Snapdragon 835, some Windows 10 design wins, quick charge, camera as well as VR related announcements. 

Qualcomm to bring Snapdragon 835 in focus at CES 2017
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Teasing its new 10nm SoC

Judging by the latest teaser, Qualcomm will reveal more information on its 10nm Snapdragon 835 SoC at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in Las Vegas, kicking off on January 5th.

Windows 10 demo was on Snapdragon 821
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 09:58

Windows 10 demo was on Snapdragon 821


Qualcomm president confirms multiple chipset support
 

Just five days ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 has full support for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs and everyone jumped to the conclusion expecting that only the Snapdragon 835 and the future SoCs are supported. It turns out that the device on stage was based on Snapdragon 821 confirming that Windows 10 runs on the current generation too.

Samsung prepares for all-screen smartphone
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Friday, 09 December 2016 15:49

Samsung prepares for all-screen smartphone


Follower of the pack

A report said that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will feature a screen without home buttons on it.

Snapdragon 835 is fully Windows 10 compatible
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Thursday, 08 December 2016 00:45

Snapdragon 835 is fully Windows 10 compatible


Crysis 2 included

Microsoft just dropped a bomb.  At WinHEC it announced that the next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon processors have full Windows 10 support. Yes, this time, they will run every Windows X86 application via an emulator.

Snapdragon 835 leak counts eight cores
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Monday, 28 November 2016 12:47

Snapdragon 835 leak counts eight cores


Snapdragon 660 with A73+A53

Qualcomm has already revealed that Snapdragon 835 is officially the world’s first 10nm SoC, and Fudzilla  exclusively posted this in April 2016. At that time, Qualcomm didn't  want to officially talk about the insides of the Snapdragon 835, but a leaked roadmap claims that the new SoC has 4+4 cores based on updated Kryo 200 architecture. 

Snapdragon 835 is a 10nm slap in Intel’s face
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Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:27

Snapdragon 835 is a 10nm slap in Intel’s face


World’s first 10nm SoC is a big deal

Kaby Lake, the third generation 14nm was launched in 2016 and it looks like Cannon Lake 10nm Intel CPU might only launch in late 2017. But it is fairly certain that the Snapdragon 835 mobile SoC is going to ship in the first half of 2017.

Snapdragon 835 10nm announced
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Wednesday, 16 November 2016 23:54

Snapdragon 835 10nm announced


World's first 10nm SoC uses Samsung’s fabs

Qualcomm and Samsung have announced that the latest Snapdragon 835 is using Samsung’s 10nm process technology. One thing is clear the 2017 Snapdragon is now officially the Snapdragon 835.

Snapdragon 830 comes in two varieties
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Monday, 10 October 2016 10:39

Snapdragon 830 comes in two varieties


Faster and slower

Qualcomm is returning to the two high end chips strategy and you can expect to see two variants of what we call Snapdragon 830 today. They will end up with two different product numbers, one being higher than the other.