APPLE
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01/14/2021
Samsung 5nm: The Snapdragon 888 Runs Hot
Samsung 5nm built the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100, both running hot and throttling, just as TSMC's 5nm delivered Apple's cool, efficient M1.
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Qualcomm
Qualcomm corporate news, financial results, partnerships, and technology strategy.
AIOT
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12/09/2020
Qualcomm Announces the Qualcomm IoT Services Suite, Aimed to Enable the Digital Transformation of Smart Cities and Smart Connected Spaces Globally
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Qualcomm® IoT Services Suite, which delivers comprehensive, end-to-end, IoT as a Service (IoTaaS) solutions to enable the digital…
5 MIN
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5G
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09/30/2020
Mi 10T Series announced
Global technology leader Xiaomi today announced the release of a trio of smartphones that will “Power Your Creativity” like never before. The flagship Mi 10T…
10 MIN
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5G
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05/19/2020
MediaTek’s Helio Years: Flagship Flop to Gaming Pivot (2015 to 2019)
By early 2016, HTC, Xiaomi, and Lenovo had all quietly walked away from the same chip. MediaTek’s Helio X20 was supposed to be the…
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CHIPS & AI
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08/07/2019
Samsung 7nm EUV: Betting Early on Extreme Ultraviolet
Samsung 7nm EUV produced the Exynos 9825, the first commercial chip built with extreme ultraviolet lithography, as Samsung raced TSMC into the EUV era.
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CHIPS & AI
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08/02/2018
The Year Qualcomm Nearly Got Bought, Walked Away From a $44 Billion Deal, and Shipped Anyway
In 2018, Qualcomm faced corporate battles and a failed acquisition while engineers launched groundbreaking chips like the Snapdragon X24. Despite challenges, the company's engineering…
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CHIPS & AI
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05/30/2018
Snapdragon XR1 and Oculus Go: The Standalone Era Begins
Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon XR1, the first dedicated XR chip, and the Oculus Go ships at $199 to start the standalone VR era.
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AI
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12/06/2017
Snapdragon 845: Qualcomm Stopped Selling Speed and Started Selling AI
Qualcomm spent its summit in Maui this week talking less about how fast the Snapdragon 845 is and more about what it can think…
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APPLE
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09/19/2017
TSMC’s 10nm Node: The Year the Process Lead Left Intel
TSMC's 10nm node shipped the Apple A11 in volume while Intel's 10nm stalled, the moment the leading edge you could actually buy moved to…
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CHIPS & AI
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02/20/2017
Samsung 10nm: Winning Qualcomm and Going Solo
Samsung 10nm built every Snapdragon 835, the year Samsung spun out its foundry as a standalone division and tried to outrun the chipgate reputation.
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5G
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12/08/2016
Snapdragon 835 Is the First 10nm Chip, the First 5G Modem Is Already Here, and Snapdragon Is Leaving the Phone
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, the first 10nm mobile processor, coincides with its 5G modem announcement and partnership with Microsoft for Windows on Snapdragon laptops, signaling…
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5G
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07/14/2016
MediaTek’s Turnkey Empire: Feature Phones, Shanzhai, and the Acquisition Machine (2006 to 2015)
Give a workshop in Shenzhen, one of MediaTek’s complete phone kits, the chip already sitting on a reference board with the firmware and test…
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CHIPS & AI
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11/12/2015
Snapdragon 820: The Custom Core Is Back, and So Is the Overheating Whisper Campaign
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 aims to rectify issues from the overheating 810 with custom Kryo cores and a move to a 14nm FinFET process. Despite…
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APPLE
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04/10/2015
Samsung 14nm FinFET: The Node That Beat TSMC
Samsung 14nm FinFET shipped before TSMC's 16nm, powering the Galaxy S6's Exynos 7420 and winning back Qualcomm and a share of Apple's A9.
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APPLE
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04/09/2014
Qualcomm Dropped Its Own CPU to Answer Apple, and I Am Nervous About the Heat
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 810 and 808 this week, and the most revealing thing in the spec sheet is what is missing. There is…
4 MIN
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