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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

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

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845

10nm plus architectural improvements packs more performance in smaller package using less power Rumored since mid-year, Qualcomm has taken some of the wraps off its new flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 845, and although it won’t actually be available in phones till second half 2018, it will definitely be worth waiting for.  The 845 is more than an upgrade or just … Read more

Qualcomm and Microsoft announce the latest entrant in the PC wars: the Connected PC

It was a couple of years ago that Qualcomm and Microsoft threatened the status quo with the Always Connected PC, a true PC running Windows 10 on an Arm-based mobile phone processor with enough battery life to run for more than one day, and mobile wireless connectivity to always be connected to the Internet. Today, in Hawaii no less, Qualcomm … Read more