This moment in history—5G goes live
December 4, 2018 marks as the rollout of 5G
IoT redesigns Qualcomm in its own image
We’ve all seen that thing where people start to look like their dog. Apparently, it’s a real phenomenon that has produced lots of academic studies to try to explain it. No-one really knows for sure but the consensus opinion is that if an owner can’t find a dog that looks like them, they will change themselves to look like their … Read more
THX Wants to be All Around You
THX came to NAB 2018 with a big agenda and thanks to investment from Razer, some budget to work with. Razer is a major investor in THX and the company’s CEO Min-Liang Tan is currently the acting CEO of THX Ltd. Razer is investing in THX to rebuild the company’s position in cinema and consumer electronics. At NAB, THX showcased … Read more
Qualcomm’s always-connected Snapdragon 850
If you thought the Snapdragon 845 was good, and tens of millions of people did (do), then you’re going to be blown away by the Snapdragon 850. It delivers more stuff like pixels, and compute, on less power than any other SoC in the world, and its probably going to hold that title for a while. Snapdragon will be used … Read more
The new semiconductor boom: AI
A scattershot view of the latest news on the front Looks like the first quarter of 2018 is shaping up to be big for the future of AI. Companies in the segment including cloud companies, IP companies, and the traditional semiconductor companies all have major ambitions for the huge explosive market that AI is becoming. A battle is forming around … Read more
Qualcomm Shows Scalability
Introduces 700 platform, a subset of 800 platform for IoT automotive and embedded Qualcomm’s new 700 series is targeted at OEMs and the company claims it offers premium features, such as on-device artificial intelligence, in high-tier smartphones and can meet the ever-increasing demands of China’s smartphone ecosystem for more premium devices. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 Mobile Platform Series offers … Read more
Qualcomm shows scalability
Introduces 700 platform, a subset of 800 platform for IoT automotive and embedded Qualcomm’s new 700 series is targeted at OEMs and the company claims it offers premium features, such as on-device artificial intelligence, in high-tier smartphones and can meet the ever-increasing demands of China’s smartphone ecosystem for more premium devices. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 Mobile Platform Series offers … Read more
Qualcomm rides the 7nm wave all the way to TSMC
Through relationships with Samsung and TSMC, Qualcomm keeps its naming conventions consistent. The Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm made its debut in 2007, the first being apply named, S1. Incrementing to S4 by 2012, the company added some zeros and introduced the Snapdragon 200 in 2013. The expansive and extensible flagship 800 series was also introduced in 2013. Smaller versions … Read more
When it comes to GPUs, who’s your daddy?
Qualcomm ships more GPU than almost everyone else combined In our annual quest to count every GPU in the world, and document developments, we reviewed the year’s shipment numbers, and we found Qualcomm is the big dog in the park. We estimate Qualcomm will ship over 815 million GPUs in 2017 (we’ll get the final count from everyone by mid-February … Read more
AI & XR drive new alliances for Qualcomm
Qualcomm's quest to improve AI and XR leads to alliances with Baidu and NetEase Qualcomm’s second annual Snapdragon Tech Summit had three major parts, Qualcomm’s entry into PCs, a focus on its upcoming Snapdragon 845 with new products appearing early next year (see link), and the company’s expanding efforts in AI and XR for mobile. Qualcomm says its new 845 … Read more
Another win for Qualcomm
As older companies evolve, NIH gets tossed aside. Unable to sustain the massive R&D costs of being a front-line semiconductor and system supplier, Via Technologies has given up on their S3 and Via graphics and their low-power x86 processors in favor of an OTS high volume, and very powerful SoC from Qualcomm. Hoping to participate in the automotive subsystems market … Read more