Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm today announced the 4th-generation Snapdragon X65, which it describes as the world’s first 10 gigabit 5G modem.

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Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm today announced the 4th-generation Snapdragon X65, which it describes as the world’s first 10 gigabit 5G modem.
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Qualcomm reported today that it earned a net income of $2.5 billion on revenues of $8.2 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
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Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform, which it describes as a follow-on to the Snapdragon 865 Plus, the mid-2020 flagship chipset.
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Qualcomm announced that CEO Steve Mollenkopf will retire from the firm in June. He will be replaced by current Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon.
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Project Treble has helped Android 11 get off to a fast start. And now, Google and Qualcomm are moving forward to support new Android versions for four years.
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Qualcomm today announced its next flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 888, which it says offers dramatic performance improvements over its predecessors.
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Three years ago, I opined that if Windows 10 on ARM worked properly, it would be boring. Well, it still doesn’t work properly.
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Microsoft is partnering with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm to create a new security processor for Windows-based PCs.
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In the first major scaling back of the U.S. blacklisting of Huawei, the U.S. government is now allowing Qualcomm to sell 4G chipsets to the Chinese firm.
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Microsoft is refreshing the Surface Pro X with the second-generation of its custom built ARM processor and a new Platinum finish.
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Qualcomm claims that the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform provides a 50 percent performance boost over last year’s lackluster original version.
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A 2019 antitrust ruling against mobile chipmaking giant Qualcomm has been thrown out by a U.S. appeals court.
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Mobile chipmaking giant Qualcomm has petitioned the U.S. government to let it provide smartphone chipsets to Huawei.
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Qualcomm announced that it earned a net income of $845 million on revenues of $4.9 billion for the quarter ending June 30, flat with the previous year.
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Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 can charge a smartphone to 50 percent in just 5 minutes and to 100 percent in just 15 minutes.
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I’m currently reviewing two laptops, the AMD-based HP Envy x360 13 and the Snapdragon-based Lenovo Flex 5G. They could not be more different.
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Qualcomm is delivering an overclocked version of its Snapdragon 865 mobile SoC for devices that hardware makers will introduce in late 2020.
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Qualcomm reveals the reference design for its XR2 5G platform, offers 2x more CPU and GPU performance than the XR1 reference design, and 11x AI improvement.
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Qualcomm is launching its next-gen extended reality platform with upgraded CPU, GPU, 7 concurrent cameras, and more.
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Qualcomm's new fingerprint is much larger than before, offers improved accuracy and a new layer of security through dual-fingerprint authentication,
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Mobile microprocessor giant Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 865, which lacks 5G, and 765, which has integrated 5G.
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Intel says the company sold its smartphone modem business to Apple at a multi-billion dollar loss because of Qualcomm's anti-competitive tactics.
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Qualcomm today said that it expects 5G handset sales to grow from 450 million units in 2021 to 750 million units in 2022.
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Microsoft working on adding support for 64-bit apps to Windows on ARM via emulation according to a new report, but it may not arrive till 2021.
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Qualcomm’s financial results for the quarter ending June 30 and its outlook for the current quarter both disappointed investors.
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Qualcomm is getting fined €242 Million for engaging in predatory pricing between 2009 and 2011.
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Qualcomm today announced a new, overclocked version of its Snapdragon 855 mobile chipset that is optimized for 5G, gaming, AI, and XR.