Just yesterday we talked about the Snapdragon 870 platform being very popular, as a well-known insider announced today that at least five smartphones with this SoC will be released by the end of the quarter. Moreover, not only the platform will unite them. The source says that all devices will receive curved OLED screens, single […]
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Is the Snapdragon 870 platform interesting for everyone? New Vivo will also get this SoC
Smartphone SoC manufacturers release new flagship solutions every year. That is, every year the previous flagship SoC retires and is often no longer used. Instead, less efficient solutions are used in devices one step below the flagships. It would seem that it is more logical to continue using the top solutions of past generations, but […]
Qualcomm revenue for the year grew 62%, net income – 165%
Qualcomm’s revenue for the reporting period was $ 8.235 billion. This is 62% more than in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, equal to $ 5.077 billion. Profit before taxes for the year increased from $ 947 million to $ 2.604 billion, that is, by 175%. Net profit for the same period increased from […]
Qualcomm can no longer cope, the shortage of single-chip systems is growing
Qualcomm, one of the largest manufacturers of SoCs in the world, warned that the company could not meet demand. The source notes that the shortage of single-chip systems is increasing. Automobile manufacturers faced such a problem last year, but now Qualcomm has confirmed the information, and Bloomberg notes that the situation may worsen in the […]
So who’s faster, the Exynos 2100 or the Snapdragon 888? Big comparison
Golden Reviewer tested better SoCs in SPECint2006, presenting the test results in a large, visual table. Last year’s Exynos 990 SoC lagged behind the Snapdragon 865, especially in terms of battery life. This year the difference is much smaller, the Exynos 2100 is significantly better than the Exynos 990, but the Snapdragon 888 is still […]
The world’s first computer platform on Snapdragon 888 turned out to be more expensive than Galaxy S21 and Xiaomi Mi 11
A smartphone on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 platform is no longer surprising, but a computer platform on this SoC is released for the first time. The device shown in the photo is the fruit of a collaboration between Qualcomm and the American company Lantronix. Platform dimensions – 100 x 85 mm. In addition to the […]
5G baseband processor sales already surpass 4G baseband processor sales
Although the first quarter of 2021 has been going on for a long time, Strategy Analytics has just finished processing the data for the third quarter of 2020, which characterizes the sales of key components of cellular devices – baseband processors. As it turned out, revenue from the sale of 5G baseband processors compared to […]
European Supreme Court affirms competition authority’s position in dispute with Qualcomm
Yesterday it became known that Qualcomm failed to evade a request for data from EU antitrust regulators. The Supreme Court of Europe (CJEU) has upheld the regulators’ right to receive and examine them. This decision was made in the framework of a case in which the manufacturer has already been fined 242 million euros. The […]
Veoneer and Qualcomm Announce Cooperation
Veoneer, a Swedish automotive technology company, and US chipmaker Qualcomm have signed a cooperation agreement to develop hardware and software for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The partners first announced plans to join forces in August last year. The jointly created platform is expected to compete with products from companies such as Intel Mobileye. Veoneer, […]
Qualcomm reaches 5Gbps download speeds on 5G commercial network
Many companies that ship flagship mobile platforms with support for fifth generation networks claim download speeds in excess of 7 Gbps, these are peak values ​​that are achieved in a laboratory environment. Qualcomm, Telstra and Ericsson jointly announced today that they have successfully achieved a new 5Gbps download speed record on commercial 5G networks. This […]
