Snapdragon

Back to the future, Qualcomm launches three 4G Snapdragons

Source: Gizbot.com   If you can’t spell 5G or explain it to your significant other, don’t go to Barcelona because everyone there will be smarter than, and bored with, you. We have set up a pool, and put $1,000 into it; contributions are invited. Guess how many times you will see the term 5G while in Barcelona, beginning with when … Read more

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865

  Qualcomm says its new Snapdragon 865 mobile platform scales 5G and 5th gen AI to power next-generation, premium devices with breakthrough features—from Gigapixel speed photography to desktop-level gaming features to staggering multi-gigabit 5G connectivity. The company claims the new Adreno 650 GPU in the Snapdragon 865 has 25% faster graphics rendering over the previous-gen GPU and is 35% more … Read more

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Platform

  Qualcomm declared its Snapdragon XR2 Platform as the world’s first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform. It unites Qualcomm Technologies’ 5G and AI developments with XR technology to usher in what the company says will be a new era of mobile computing. Qualcomm says the platform has custom features and boasts of multiple firsts that can be scaled across AR, … Read more

Qualcomm’s ‘XR Enterprise Program’

  At the Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit (EWTS) in Dallas this week, Qualcomm announced a new initiative they’re calling the Qualcomm XR Enterprise Program. The program brings XR technologies and products based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR platform, together with enterprise solution providers to collaborate, innovate and help drive AR and VR adoption in a range of industries including manufacturing, … Read more

nreal AR glasses are very real

Remember JP’s rules for AR: Don’t be ugly or obnoxious Don’t be expensive or heavy Don’t be proprietary   nreal comes very close to meeting all three requirements. The glasses are lightweight, they are not intrinsically ugly or obnoxious, but are obnoxiously colorful probably for market attention—hopefully, that can be toned-down for people over 25. They are not too expensive … Read more

Qualcomm Lenovo “Project Limitless”

Is this the one that will go to market? Qualcomm has shown up at Computex with an always on, always connected light-weight Windows compatible clamshell notebook since 2016. And yet, it never seemed to make it to the market. HP built one and Acer built one and Qualcomm showed them at their analysts and press meetings, but they were hard … Read more

Qualcomm has a tough week but great results

In late June this year, Qualcomm reported a record quarter, with overall revenue of $5.6 billion, Net income of $1.2 billion, and shipments of 220 million devices. While some of Qualcomm’s competitors in the semiconductor sector are growing at a faster rate than the reported 4 percent growth from the prior year, Qualcomm remains committed to inventing the future, developing … Read more

Qualcomm announces three new Snapdragon mobile platforms

Qualcomm announced this week three new additions to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and 400 tiers: the Snapdragon 632, 439, and 429 mobile platforms. These platforms, says the company, are engineered to bring higher performance, better battery life, more efficient designs, impressive graphics and AI capabilities into the highest selling Snapdragon tiers. Snapdragon 632: Based on their market research and customer … Read more

How do you pronounce XR1?

XR1 is a next-generation platform introduced by the Qualcomm Technologies, subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, at the AWE conference in Santa Clara, California, – last week. Qualcomm’s definition of XR XR1, says QCOM, offers mainstream users high-quality XR experiences while enabling OEMs to develop mainstream devices. The XR1 platform also has special optimizations for AR experiences with AI capabilities offering better … Read more

Big changes at Qualcomm

In cost cutting moves to appease Wall Street, Qualcomm has laid off a bunch of its GPU and vision team, and some high-profile members of the company have left the company because of it.  The news will start leaking out this week. So far AMD has been the happy recipient of one of the team members. Others have also already … Read more