Qualcomm

The 5G Galaxy S10 with Snapdragon 855 was more or less confirmed by Samsung yesterday during Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Qualcomm unveiled its new mobile processor at the event, the Snapdragon 855. It’s a 7nm chip with significant performance and efficiency gains, in addition, to support for “multi-gigabit” speeds on 5G networks. Qualcomm […]

Samsung is no stranger to developing Windows PCs but its latest product is going to be a bit different in that it’s going to be powered by a Qualcomm processor. The company confirmed alongside Qualcomm at Computex 2018 today that it’s going to build its very own Snapdragon-powered Windows PC and will thus join Microsoft’s […]

Samsung was expected to make an announcement related to its 7nm process technology soon and it has done just that today. Samsung and Qualcomm today announced that they will expand their decade-long foundry relationship into the EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography process technology. Samsung’s 7-nanometer LPP (Low Power Plus) EUV process technology will now be […]

I know, I know, it’s a bit too early to be talking about the Galaxy S10 right now but this will be interesting for those who like to keep track of processor nodes. We’re assuming here that Samsung’s 2019 Galaxy S flagship will be called the Galaxy S10 but what we certainly don’t have to […]

Qualcomm announced yesterday that it’s now working with more than a dozen smartphone manufacturers to bring 5G-enabled devices to the market. These manufacturers will use the company’s Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem in their handsets to launch smartphones compatible with the next-generation network in 2019. The list of global OEMs that are working with Qualcomm […]

Samsung inked a licensing agreement covering both 3G and 4G with Qualcomm back in 2009 for use of the latter’s CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and OFDMA patents. The company would pay $1.3 billion for use of Qualcomm’s patents. The $1.3 billion upfront payment granted Samsung a license to use Qualcomm’s patents for 15 years while also […]

Samsung’s semiconductor division is a significant driver of growth for the conglomerate. The company has key manufacturing deals with companies like Qualcomm. It mass produces their chips in its advanced facilities. Samsung manufactured the Snapdragon 835 for Qualcomm and is likely going to manufacture the Snapdragon 845 as well. However, if a new report is […]

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 845, its latest high-end mobile processor, at its annual technology summit on December 6. The chip, which retains the same 10nm footprint as its predecessor, is believed to be on board the Chinese, North American and South American variant of the upcoming Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. That’s not to mean […]