Qualcomm and Samsung have renewed their partnership agreement for another seven years, until 2030. The license agreement covers many technologies. These are 3G/4G/5G, and future solutions with 6G, and much more. In addition, the companies agreed to expand cooperation on Snapdragon platforms in the Korean giant’s flagship smartphones, as well...
Apparently, Qualcomm has just confirmed recent rumors that the Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup could rely entirely or almost entirely on the Snapdragon SoC. At the event for investors, the head of Qualcomm Cristiano Amon (Cristiano Amon), answering the relevant question, spoke, though not directly, but quite clearly. You have to...
Qualcomm has set dates for Snapdragon Summit 2022. It looks like it will showcase a lot of new stuff, including the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor. Qualcomm was previously reported to start on Nov. . At the moment, not much is known about the processor itself. It is...
Qualcomm is indeed working on new single-chip systems for smartwatches. There hasn’t been an announcement yet, but the documents that were clearly prepared for the presentation, which reveal all the details, got on the Web. So, Qualcomm will change the naming principle, so we are not waiting for Snapdragon Wear...
US semiconductor companies are discussing a new US Senate initiative. We are talking about a package of subsidies for chip manufacturers. However, as the source notes, the current version of the document is beneficial to Intel. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that as early as Tuesday, a vote on...
Qualcomm seems to be finally ready to take on Samsung and release state-of-the-art single-chip smartwatch systems. The company published a promotional video indicating the imminent release of such an SoC. There are no details there, but earlier there was information that the new solutions would be called Snapdragon Wear 5100...
It looks like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC (the name is tentative) will indeed be a great flagship platform. At least in terms of energy efficiency. Well-known insider Ice Universe says that it will be the best Android platform in this indicator for the last six years. The overall...
Most flagship smartphones are traditionally based on Qualcomm SoCs – this year it is Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Models on the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 have already been confirmed, although from a consumer point of view it would be better to use Dimensity 9000 – it is not...
Last month, Qualcomm showed the new Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor. This is an improved version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which is manufactured on TSMC’s 4nm process, but its architecture has not changed. And at the end of this year, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is expected...
The beginning of this year, among other things, was marked by the collapse of a huge deal for the acquisition of Arm by Nvidia. However, it seems that other market players are now looking at Arm. Interest in the assets was previously expressed by Samsung, and now Qualcomm is talking...
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 single-chip system turned out to be far from the coldest and most energy efficient. We don’t know yet how the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 will perform, but there are already rumors about a completely new Qualcomm platform. Well-known insider Ice Universe claims that the...
Qualcomm today introduced not only the flagship SoC Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, but also a solution for the middle segment. The new platform is called Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The new platform is designed to replace the popular Snapdragon 778G. The configuration of the novelty includes one Cortex-A710 core...
After Qualcomm officially introduced the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 top single-chip system, smartphone manufacturers began to publish teasers vying with each other, pointing to new flagships based on it. One of the first was Xiaomi. In fact, the picture above is the first official confirmation of what the rumors...
Introducing today the top Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 single-chip system, Qualcomm announced a 10% increase in processor performance and an increase in GPU frequency by the same 10% while reducing power consumption across the platform by 15%. Logically, the increase in performance should be about the same 10%, but in...
Qualcomm today introduced an improved version of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has already become the mainstay of many flagship smartphones in 2022. According to Qualcomm, the Plus edition delivers 10% faster processor core performance, 10% higher graphics...
Counterpoint analysts assessed the Android smartphone platform market in the first quarter of this year. This time, analysts decided to divide the market into segments in order to assess which of them dominate which platforms. For example, in the market as a whole, MediaTek leads with a 44% share, while...
