Qualcomm has announced the new Snapdragon X70 modem at this year’s MWC, increasing both the uplink and downlink speeds and also offering new features, too. The big feature this year is the chip’s AI capabilities, a world-first in a modem-RF system. We expect that this will …
MediaTek on Monday unveiled the M80, the company’s first modem with 5G mmWave support. The M80 is the direct successor to last year’s Helio M70 modem and will go head-to-head against Qualcomm’s X60 modem. The Helio M70 was the company’s first 5G modem, but it lacked …
At this point, you might have already come through the news that the iPhone X ships with different modem chips. Even though it depends on the market and carrier where the smartphone is available, there are certain questions that we must ask. How does the iPhone …
5G wireless promises to bring 5 gigabits a second wireless data to our smartphones, but it has always seemed like it was a million years away. But Qualcomm said today that it has successfully tested a 5G data connection on its Snapdragon X50 5G modem chipset …
I may have jumped the gun on when Intel will be able to entirely replace Qualcomm. BARCELONA—When I’m wrong, I try to admit it. Last week we reported on an Intel press release for a new modem which might, in theory, kick Qualcomm’s part out of …
Qualcomm has just launched the powerful new X20 LTE Modem, a very clever chipset that will deliver super-fast browsing and download speeds when they’re packed inside the latest smartphones. Here’s everything you need to know about the Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 LTE Modem and how the X20 …
Intel’s new modem might help the next iPhone give the Galaxy S8 a real run for its money. The next iPhone could go gigabit. Today Intel announced its XMM7650 modem, which joins Qualcomm’s X16 in the gigabit LTE world. Intel’s modem is probably the front-runner for …
Qualcomm announced its first LTE Advanced Pro modem, the X16 LTE, last February, supporting downlink speeds of up to 1.0 Gbps. Today the company announced its second-generation gigabit class LTE modem, the Snapdragon X20 LTE, along with some new RF front-end components. The Snapdragon X20 LTE …
The new modem pushes LTE device speeds to 1.2Gbps, bridging the gap with future 5G networks. We haven’t even seen the first gigabit LTE phones yet, but Qualcomm is already working on the second generation. With its X20 modem, announced today, the dominant mobile chip maker …
