Most 5G phones offer big batteries owing to the increased power consumption of early 5G modems and connectivity. But just how much more power does a 5G phone need over a 4G device? From a report: Redmi general manager Lu Weibing has taken to Weibo to answer this question, claiming that 5G phones consume ~20% more power than a 4G phone….
Tag: Qualcomm
Google, LG, Don’t Want Qualcomm’s Super-Expensive Flagship Processor Snapdragon 865, Reports Say
Google and South Korean tech major LG are likely to skip the top tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 platform this year for their smartphones as the cost of the chipset is too high, a report claimed. From a report: The Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL don’t actually use Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 865 as per the Android code base. Both are running…
The Nokia 8.3 Is the First Truly Global 5G Phone
HMD Global today unveiled its latest Nokia-branded mobile phones. “The Nokia 8.3 5G is the world’s first global 5G phone, which means it supports bands in every country in which 5G is currently deployed,” reports Android Police. “At the same time, the Nokia 5.3, 1.3, and a new roaming data plan from HMD also made their debut.” From the report: Powered…
US Mulls Cutting Huawei Off From Global Chip Suppliers
The Trump administration is considering changing U.S. regulations to allow it to block shipments of chips to Huawei from companies such as Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker. Reuters reports: New restrictions on commerce with China’s Huawei are among several options to be considered at high-level U.S. meetings this week and next. The chip proposal has been drafted but its…
Qualcomm Makes Case To Appeals Court That It Didn’t Hurt Competition
Qualcomm is making the case for why it didn’t hurt competition in the smartphone chip business. “The company, represented by attorney Thomas Goldstein of the firm Goldstein & Russell, on Thursday appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in downtown San Francisco,” reports CNET. “Qualcomm is hoping the appeals court will overturn a ruling by a district…
Some Vendors Are Already Releasing Chipsets That Support 6 GHz Wifi
Long-time Slashdot reader gabebear writes: The FCC hasn’t officially cleared 6 GHz for WiFi, but chipsets that support 6 GHz are starting to be released. 6 GHz opens up a several times more bandwidth than what is currently available with WiFi, although it doesn’t penetrate walls as well as 2.4 GHz. Celeno has their press release and Broadcom has their press…
Behind Samsung’s $116 Billion Bid for Chip Supremacy
Technology giants are increasingly designing their own semiconductors to optimize everything from artificial intelligence tasks to server performance and mobile battery life. Google has the Tensor Processing Unit, Apple has the A13 Bionic and Amazon.com has the Graviton2. What the titans all lack, however, is a factory to build the new chips they are dreaming up. Enter Samsung Electronics, which is…
Qualcomm To Offer GPU Driver Updates On Google Play Store For Some Snapdragon Chips
MojoKid writes: At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii this week, Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform, which enable next year’s flagship 5G Android phones with more performance, a stronger Tensor-based AI processor and a very interesting new forthcoming feature not yet offered for any smartphone platform to date. The company announced that it will eventually start delivering driver…
Magic Leap, a Startup That Has Raised Over $2.3 Billion, Has Sold Just 6,000 Units of Its $2,300 VR Headset — Far Below 1 Million Units Its CEO Initially Hoped
Magic Leap just announced that they’re in the midst of closing a Series E round of funding, but it sounds like they’re going to have to clinch that investment with some pretty troubling sales numbers for their only device on the market. From a report: The Information is reporting [paywalled] that Magic Leap managed to sell just 6,000 units of its…
Snapdragon XR2 Chip To Enable Standalone Headsets With 3K x 3K Resolution, 7 Cameras
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Road to VR: Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon XR2 5G, its latest chipset platform dedicated to the needs of standalone VR and AR headsets. The new platform is aimed at high-end devices with support for 3K x 3K displays at 90Hz, along with integrated 5G, accelerated AI processing, and up to seven simultaneous camera feeds…