Qualcomm

Qualcomm in the dock over 'patent tax' on smartphones

Consumer group Which? says owners of Apple and Samsung devices overcharged by £480M

Systems06 Oct 2025 | 16

Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI

Video You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies

OSes25 Sep 2025 | 31

X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC

Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5

Systems25 Sep 2025 | 8

Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited

September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious

Patches03 Sep 2025 | 14

Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler

But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs

Systems31 Jul 2025 | 3

Alphawave Semi swallowed in Qualcomm's $2.4B connectivity conquest

Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange

Systems09 Jun 2025 | 4

Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI

Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products

AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2

Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips

Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores

Systems24 Apr 2025 | 5

Qualcomm set to move in on UK-listed chip IP biz Alphawave

Has until month end to make an offer for semiconductor design and licensing shop

Systems02 Apr 2025 | 4

Qualcomm pledges 8 years of security updates for Android kit using its chips (YMMV)

Starting with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 'droid 15

Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 5

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be

Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic

CxO13 Feb 2025 | 280

Arm gives up on killing off Qualcomm's vital chip license

The British are coming, the British are coming ... to terms with their loss

On-Prem06 Feb 2025 | 27

Qualcomm big cheese Cristiano Amon's pay award jumps 10%

At $25.91M, CEO is worth 261 employees

Systems24 Jan 2025 | 2

Intel’s datacenter architecture boss and Xeon lead jumps to Qualcomm

Sailesh Kottapalli sees ‘a once-in-a-career opportunity’ at the house of Snapdragon – maybe server CPUs or AI silicon?

Systems14 Jan 2025 | 1

Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X chip targets $600 Copilot+ PCs

CES Hopes to elbow out competition on Arm-based hardware

Systems07 Jan 2025 | 4

RISC-V is making moves, but it has work to do if it wants to hit the mainstream

Feature Can it topple x86 and Arm, or is the gap too wide to close?

Systems02 Jan 2025 | 22

Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial

Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round

Legal23 Dec 2024 | 16

Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm

The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday

Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11

Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe

Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted

OSes22 Nov 2024 | 37

Qualcomm's Windows on Arm push would be great – if only it ran all your software

Analysis Until compatibility issues are properly addressed, it'll never stand up to x86

Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 52

The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell?

Opinion Tech for tech's sake with niche uses that traditional hardware can handle

Systems11 Nov 2024 | 74

Qualcomm triples Windows on Arm OEM design wins since May

Snapdragon X Plus 8-core platform gains traction with 58 laptop designs ... but will Windows users care?

Systems07 Nov 2024 | 11

Arm's royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza

Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dips

Systems07 Nov 2024 | 2

Arm to Qualcomm: See you in court? Oh yes, please

Doesn't quite confirm eight-week license cancellation deadline, but does strap on the gloves

Systems24 Oct 2024 | 13

Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses

Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab

Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite with custom cores for Android phones

New flagship SoC drops Arm and grows its own legs with Oryon

Personal Tech22 Oct 2024 | 9

As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe

Interview Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5

Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds

Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg

Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5

Qualcomm urges device makers to push patches after 'targeted' exploitation

Given Amnesty's involvement, it's a safe bet spyware is in play

Patches08 Oct 2024 |

If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast

Desktop Tourism Despite amazing battery life and lovely speed, this one has flaws that may annoy

Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 98

Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel

Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology?

Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21

Intel: Trouble draws private investors like vultures to a wounded giant

Comment Potential $5B cash injection from Apollo as Qualcomm sniffs around

Systems23 Sep 2024 | 5

There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is

Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia?

Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22

Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win

Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky

Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13

Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more

Chipzilla hasn't collapsed yet but the vultures are circling

Systems06 Sep 2024 | 2

Qualcomm guns for Intel, AMD with cheaper 8-core X chips

It’s set to slice up the AI PC competition at $700-$900

Systems04 Sep 2024 | 5

Qualcomm bullish on AI, teases flagship platform coming in October

Chip outfit boosted by Chinese market, but goals for smartphones, PCs are ambitious

Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 3

Qualcomm goes budget with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 5G chipset

Latest silicon aims to bring Gigabit connectivity to sub-$100 handsets

Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 |

Qualcomm sues Chinese handset-maker in India to defend African market

There's a lot of territory to cover here

Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 6

AMD spills the beans on Zen 5's 16% IPC gains

Fatter front end and execution engine meets a higher bandwidth backend and a true AVX-512 implementation

Systems15 Jul 2024 | 13

Copilot+ PCs software compatibility issues left to you to sort out, with help from crowdsourcers

Samsung warned users, but the PC industry’s big players hardly mention the possibility of problems

Personal Tech08 Jul 2024 | 30

Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M in all-cash deal to settle licensing suit

Judge asked to green-light payout to shareholders over SEP license and bundling claims

Personal Tech19 Jun 2024 | 4

Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview

Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing

OSes14 Jun 2024 | 52

Rivals and legal action cast shadows over Windows on Arm market

Player MediaTek: Ready

Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 18

AI PC vendors gotta have their TOPS – but is this just the GHz wars all over again?

Comment As usual, things are more complicated than 'bigger number better.'

AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 18

Fired-up Pat Gelsinger shoots from the lip at Qualcomm and Nvidia

Computex Intel boss reveals first 18A silicon will run next week as he undercuts H100s on price and dismisses X Elite metrics

Systems04 Jun 2024 | 2

Intel details how Lunar Lake PC chips deliver 120 TOPS

Computex A bigger NPU, faster graphics core in GPU, and on-package memory will do that to a chip

Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 2

Arm CEO aims to conquer half the Windows world in 5 years

Computex That's probably wishful thinking, say chip analysts

Personal Tech03 Jun 2024 | 17

Qualcomm wants to target all ‘all form factors’ with SoCs that power Copilot+ PCs

Computex As Arm CEO declares his architecture is now the de facto Windows standard

Personal Tech03 Jun 2024 | 4

Intel, AMD take a back seat as Qualcomm takes center stage in Microsoft's AI PC push

Build Plus: Windows set for ML-powered always-watching-you Recall feature

Personal Tech21 May 2024 | 22

Among AI infrastructure hopefuls, Qualcomm has become an unlikely ally

Analysis The enemy of my enemy is my best friend

Systems19 May 2024 | 4

Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs

One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins

Personal Tech15 May 2024 | 8

US commerce department yanks back Huawei export licenses

Updated Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut off

Systems08 May 2024 | 4

Qualcomm and Qt partner to supercharge UI development for IoT devices

Plus: Qualy punts a 'micro-power' Wi-Fi system for the industrial kit

Systems09 Apr 2024 |

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite dares to game, reaching 30 FPS in Baldur's Gate 3

The bare minimum performance, but suggests a beefy integrated GPU

Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 4

Qualcomm infuses AI support into Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 platform

Boosted on-device generative AI's not just for the flagship smartphone kids

Systems21 Mar 2024 | 4