Today, the recently introduced Black Shark 4S, Black Shark 4S Pro and Black Shark 4S Gundam Limited Edition smartphones are on sale, which are offered at prices of 420, 745 and 545 dollars, respectively. Black Shark 4S has a metal body, and its rear panel is well recognizable. Confusing the new product with another smartphone […]
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 Key Parameters Revealed
The well-known network insider Digital Chat Station has obtained information on the characteristics of the new SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 898, which should form the basis of the flagship smartphones Xiaomi 12 and Samsung Galaxy S22. The source writes that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 is manufactured using Samsung’s 4nm manufacturing process. In addition, this single-chip system […]
Top 10 Chip Design Firms Reach $ 29.8B in Q2 2021
According to the latest research by TrendForce, the top 10 chip designers reached $ 29.8 billion in revenues in the second quarter of 2021 due to the continued lack of manufacturing capacity in the semiconductor industry and the related rise in chip prices. This indicator increased in annual terms by 60.8%. In particular, Taiwanese companies […]
Qualcomm brings 144Hz support to low-cost smartphones: Snapdragon 695 and Snapdragon 695G on the way
Sources say Qualcomm is developing a new generation of the Snapdragon 6 series SoC that will add support for high refresh rate screens to mid-range phones. According to a report from the German resource WinFuture, Qualcomm is developing a mobile platform, code-named SM6375, which includes an eight-core processor. It should come out under the name […]
Renault MeganE electric car will receive a Qualcomm processor
Qualcomm today announced that it will supply the key computing processor for the digital instrument cluster in Renault’s new electric vehicle. Qualcomm, headquartered in San Diego, California, the world’s largest supplier of essential semiconductors for mobile phones, is expanding its range of automotive ICs with processors that can simultaneously power dashboards and infotainment systems. Earlier […]
The Snapdragon 888 is still a long way off. Snapdragon 898 first lit up in the test
Qualcomm is due to unveil a new flagship smartphone platform – the Snapdragon 898 (or Snapdragon 895, as of now) – in early December. It is rumored to be 20% faster than the current Snapdragon 888 Plus, as well as more energy efficient due to Samsung’s new 4nm process technology. However, the first test of […]
The first Snapdragon Wear 5100 watch has 2/16 GB of memory and two cameras with a resolution of 5 and 16 megapixels
Qualcomm’s top SoCs for smartwatches are Snapdragon Wear 4100 and Snapdragon Wear 4100+, but it is known that the new Snapdragon Wear 5100 (SW5100) model will be released soon. Now, sources say the Snapdragon Wear 5100 won’t deliver much of a performance improvement. According to Winfuture, the current Snapdragon Wear 5100 that Qualcomm is testing […]
MediaTek or Qualcomm? The latest rating of the leaders in the market of single-chip systems for smartphones
MediaTek, which took the lead in the smartphone SoC market in the third quarter of last year, ahead of Qualcomm, held the lead for the fourth straight quarter. Counterpointresearch analysts report that the Taiwanese chipmaker continued to lead the mobile SoC market with a 38% share in the second quarter of 2021. Experts point out […]
Introduced Qualcomm aptX Lossless codec for Bluetooth CD quality audio (16-bit, 44.1 kHz)
Qualcomm has introduced a development that will delight fans of listening to music in wireless headphones. This is aptX Lossless codec that provides CD quality audio (16 bit, 44.1 kHz) over Bluetooth. Compression has to be applied to fit the 1.4 Mbps stream, which is the quality of a CD, into the 1 Mbps channel […]
Qualcomm unveils world’s first 5G AI reference drone
Qualcomm has unveiled Flight RB5 5G, a platform for unmanned aerial vehicles. As the manufacturer notes, this is the world’s first drone platform with 5G support and an artificial intelligence system. In fact, it is a reference platform that third-party developers and manufacturers can use. They are offered three sets of software for neural processing, […]