Qualcomm articles

Hybrid AI concept would move AI generation from the cloud to our devices

Qualcomm agrees to buy auto-safety chipmaker Autotalks

Qualcomm Snapdragon to bring resolution upscaling to mobile gaming

With no easy path to replace Apple revenue, can Qualcomm ever grow again?

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 brings faster performance, better photography, and more

Massive Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leak reveals surprising new core configuration and more

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC could have higher clock speeds than Apple's A17 Bionic

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC features iSIM silicon to replace SIM cards and eSIM chips

Opinion: Semis Top Five

Editor's take: The industry has changed a lot in the eight years since we wrote our first analysis on the top five chip companies. We anticipated semis were no longer a growth industry and the only way for companies to keep growing was to win market share (hard) or buy other companies. This is especially true in semiconductors because most of these companies outsource their manufacturing to foundries like TSMC and GlobalFoundries.

Qualcomm ran a complete Stable Diffusion AI model on an Android phone

Apple is working on in-house chips to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and Broadcom

Qualcomm to bring Apple's satellite messaging feature to Android devices

The iPhone 14 Pro almost supported ray tracing

Home Depot for DIY Chips: What's the going trend?

The big picture: Earlier this year we were reviewing Analyst Day slides from leading semiconductor companies and a clear theme emerged. Large companies are all shifting in a similar direction, posing some potential challenges for their long-term positions. More and more customers are looking for special purpose chips, a coping mechanism for dealing with the slowdown in Moore's Law. And the big players are all looking to support those customers.

Qualcomm goes beyond the smartphone, shows off new hardware

Why it matters: Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit is typically a celebration of all things smartphone. After all, it's the time and place where the company unveils its latest SoC design for the next generation of premium Android smartphones. True to form, the company did introduce Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which is expected to be the engine powering upcoming premium phones from Samsung, Motorola, and many other vendors including Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi.

Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform for future Android flagships

What just happened? During Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2022 conference in Hawaii, the wireless specialist introduced its latest premium mobile platform that'll power the next generation of flagship Android smartphones. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform is built on 4nm process technology and is comprised of a Kryo CPU featuring one prime core clocked at up to 3.2 GHz, four performance cores running at up to 2.8 GHz and three efficiency cores that can hit speeds of up to 2.0 GHz.

Apple's homegrown 5G modem won't be ready for 2023 iPhones after all

Taking stock on the decline of semiconductor stocks

From PCs to cars: Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel race to automotive semis

Qualcomm VP believes smartphones have what it takes to match DSLR image quality

Razer recruits Verizon to help with its 5G gaming handheld

Arm sues Qualcomm in a bid to destroy acquired Nuvia chip designs

There is TSMC and there's everybody else, can Samsung or Intel catch up?

What has Broadcom become?

Qualcomm extends GlobalFoundries semiconductor partnership through 2028