Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm Snapdragon giant was accused of bribing Apple not to use rival modems Personal Tech29 Aug 2022 | 8
Qualcomm readying new Arm server chip based on Nuvia acquisition AWS said to be taking an interest in homegrown silicon, meaning chipmaker must have a functional demo Systems19 Aug 2022 |
Intel hands over nearly 5,000 patents in deal with IP management outfit Newly formed Tahoe Research Limited will seek to license them to third parties Legal15 Aug 2022 | 12
Four charged with tricking Qualcomm into buying $150m startup Updated Technically the chip giant already owned the tech due to real inventor’s contract, according to DoJ Legal11 Aug 2022 | 18
Qualcomm, GlobalFoundries double down on US chip production The line for chip subsidies and tax breaks is getting longer by the minute Systems08 Aug 2022 | 7
Qualcomm revises mobile chip sales on weaker retail outlook Inflation, fear of recession and war in Ukraine dent consumer confidence Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 |
Intel, other chipmakers boost lobbying spend to get CHIPS Act passed How much did Intel fork out last quarter? Records were broken Systems21 Jul 2022 | 4
Qualcomm, Ericsson, Thales are working on delivering 5G from orbit Tech expected to provide coverage anywhere and everywhere, but smartphones are not yet compatible Networks11 Jul 2022 | 6
Train once, run anywhere, almost: Qualcomm's drive to bring AI to its phone, PC chips Software toolkit offered to save developers time, effort, battery power AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 2
Qualcomm wins EU court battle against $1b antitrust fine Another setback for competition watchdog as ruling over exclusive chip deal with iPhone nullified Legal15 Jun 2022 | 2
Qualcomm among queue of suitors chasing a stake in Arm Chipmaker interested in forming a consortium for purchase – and so is SK hynix, Intel Systems31 May 2022 | 13
Ryzen shines with remote management on Qualcomm Wi-Fi kit Working to compete with Intel as FastConnect comes to AMD-processor-powered PCs Systems19 May 2022 |
Qualcomm puts out 5G modem with standalone mmWave mode Slips some extra grunt into Snapdragon X70 5G chipset before devices launch Networks11 May 2022 | 3
Qualcomm sampling Wi-Fi 7 silicon for next-gen access points OEMs able to develop new products with aim of 10Gbps-plus throughput Networks04 May 2022 | 7
Volkswagen to put Qualcomm tech under the hood across all brands CEO says Intel may yet end up inside, through its Mobileye tech Personal Tech04 May 2022 | 3
Intel acquires graphics tech biz founded by ex-AMD, Qualcomm engineers Demoscene-steeped Siru is on not its Second but, what, Third or Fourth Reality, now? Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 5
Qualcomm ‘on track’ for Apple M-level Nuvia chips in late 2023 Too bad everyone else is pretty much on track with their processors Personal Tech02 May 2022 | 7
Semiconductor firms: China lockdowns play havoc with supply and demand Some report multimillion-dollar hits while others offer more rosy takes amid component drought Systems28 Apr 2022 | 1
Qualcomm closes $4.5bn deal, will acquire autonomous driving assets All-cash Veoneer deal's real target is full ownership of Arriver vehicle vision stacks Systems24 Mar 2022 | 1
Chip designers made bank in 2021 amid global shortage Absolutely Fabless: A good year for those who don't make the things themselves Storage24 Mar 2022 | 3
Qualcomm reveals it's not selling to Russia during Twitter spat Policy via social media: It's a thing now. Even though Russia won't be able to read it... Systems17 Mar 2022 | 17
HPE, Qualcomm team for virtualized 5G network kit Pair aim to deliver the industry's first fully optimised vDU Networks18 Feb 2022 | 1
Qualcomm jumps on Wi-Fi 7 bandwagon amid chip shortage Key tech advances dovetail with availability of new spectrum Networks14 Feb 2022 | 2
Android devices, demand in China help keep Qualcomm from worrying too much about losing Apple Oh, yeah, and Windows on Arm. Who could forget that? OSes03 Feb 2022 | 3
Car makers lock in long-term deals with chip giants for future autonomous vehicles Not going to get stuck in first gear again with supply-chain crises AI + ML06 Jan 2022 | 17
Windows giant seeks Pluton-ic relationship with chipmaker: AMD first out of the gates with Microsoft's security processor Yes, you're going to have to get a new CPU (again) Security05 Jan 2022 | 37
Ex-Qualcomm Snapdragon chief turns CEO at AI chip startup MemryX Meet the new boss AI + ML08 Dec 2021 |
Qualcomm doesn't fear custom chips – in a weird way its modems matter more Carriers covet fast, reliable modems, and when they're baked into SoCs it's hard to ignore 'em Personal Tech03 Dec 2021 | 7
Specs appeal: Qualcomm and Meta insist headgear to plug you into the metaverse will 'supersede mobile' Snapdragon Tech Summit 'You're on the go, you take it with you, it's always contextually relevant, you don't have to take it out of your pocket' Personal Tech02 Dec 2021 | 16
Qualcomm makes its own mobile gaming rig, hypes new Windows 11 chips Snapdragon Tech Summit G3x Handheld Developer Kit born from hookup with Razer Personal Tech01 Dec 2021 | 5
Qualcomm crams more smarts into flagship mobile chip: It's the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Snapdragon Tech Summit Do you want a smartphone to know you that well? Personal Tech30 Nov 2021 | 7
Qualcomm kinda spins out Snapdragon – as a brand, not a business LogoWatch Marketing jargon alert: Modernized, streamlined, brand iconography and more prominent fireballs inside On-Prem23 Nov 2021 | 8
MediaTek's flagship 5G chip for top-of-the-line Android smartphones is coming right up And ready to go toe-to-toe with Qualcomm's finest next year Personal Tech17 Nov 2021 | 10
Arm'd with ex-Apple engineers from Nuvia, Qualcomm hopes to make Apple M1-matching chips for Windows PCs Funny how these things turn out Personal Tech16 Nov 2021 | 8
What do you mean, 'Microsoft doesn't care about Windows on Arm'? Here's a cheap, underpowered test rig For all your Windows-on-Snapdragon developer needs Personal Tech15 Nov 2021 | 28
Qualcomm gets news of modest Snapdragons out of the way before next month's big chip launch A little more oomph coming for cheaper smartphones Personal Tech27 Oct 2021 |
Intel, Qualcomm win deal to design 7nm silicon for US defense agencies Chipzilla gets to make 'em and crow that it has a really prestigious foundry customer On-Prem24 Aug 2021 | 13
Qualcomm's bumper Q3 growth comes with supply constraints warning, but Intel may ride to the rescue Company confirms it's investigating adding Chipzilla to multi-source vendor list, alongside TSMC and Samsung Personal Tech29 Jul 2021 |
Qualcomm hopes to attract devs to Windows 10 on Arm with new testbed, spins up 2nd-gen 7c cheapbook chips That Apple M1 killer is just right up your sleeve, yeah? Personal Tech24 May 2021 | 9
Qualcomm promises 5G 6nm Snapdragon 778G chip in mid-range phones by summer Honor, iQOO, OPPO, Realme, Xiaomi, Motorola onboard so far Personal Tech19 May 2021 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 modem code flaw exposed Android smartphones to possible snooping Good thing researchers spotted it, no evidence of exploit in the wild Security06 May 2021 | 9
Richer each day, home and Huawei: Apple's hunger for Snapdragon modems, smartphone recovery pays off for Qualcomm A certain Chinese juggernaut's woes helped a bit, too Personal Tech29 Apr 2021 |
US watchdog kills off four-year antitrust complaint against Qualcomm, still insists it was right anyway Updated FTC cites 'significant headwinds' in trying to fight the San Diego chipmaker Networks30 Mar 2021 | 5
Qualcomm heads for rural Dorset to test agri-bots (and maybe a nice jar of Scrumpy) Cuz I got a 5G combine harvester, an' I'll give you the key Networks24 Mar 2021 | 12
Qualcomm closes acquisition of chip designer Nuvia: First custom cores to launch next year 2022 Snapdragon chipset aimed at high-performance ultraportables Systems16 Mar 2021 | 2
Qualcomm under fire for 'anticompetitive' patent shenanigans causing pricey UK smartphones Which? rides to the rescue of consumers and... er... Apple and Samsung? Legal25 Feb 2021 | 56
Snapdragon X65: Qualcomm says its next-gen 5G modem handles up to 10Gbps downloads, knows if you're holding it wrong 3GPP standards built in at core Personal Tech09 Feb 2021 | 9
Qualcomm reports profits up 165%, strong revenues... and its stock price dives. What's a chip biz to do? People still itching to get our Snapdragons, CEO swears Personal Tech04 Feb 2021 | 2
ADT techie admits he peeked into women's home security cams thousands of times to watch them undress, have sex In brief Plus: SonicWall hacked, Qualcomm security wobble, warrantless cellphone monitoring by US snoops revealed Security23 Jan 2021 | 64
Qualcomm crosses '865 Plus' from its Snapdragon chips, scribbles on '870', pushes in a few more MHz Expect it in handsets from Motorola, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, Xiaomi Personal Tech20 Jan 2021 |
Qualcomm pays $1.4bn to acquire ex-Apple and AMD Arm server chip engineers (and the biz they set up) Purchase of Nuvia raises eyebrows Systems14 Jan 2021 | 5
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf retiring, sceptre passes to president Cristiano Amon So long, and thanks for all the fish On-Prem05 Jan 2021 |
Google, Qualcomm team up to make long-term Android updates easier on Snapdragon Long-term patching problems still haunt web giant's mobile OS platform Security17 Dec 2020 | 6
Microsoft brings Trusted Platform Module functionality directly to CPUs under securo-silicon architecture Pluton Intel, AMD, Qualcomm are all on board Security17 Nov 2020 | 42
Qualcomm gets hall pass from Uncle Sam to supply Huawei with mobile chipsets. There's just one catch: It's for 4G only Which is hardly a reprieve for Chinese company's throttled handset biz Personal Tech16 Nov 2020 | 4
MediaTek's latest chip promises 5G for the proles: Destined for those not-so-high end smartmobes Pops head around door into party: Oh Qualcomm, you're here too? Personal Tech10 Nov 2020 | 7
Qualcomm hints at future data centre and edge compute products Strong-arms Q4 and the year as China fuels 5G sales Networks05 Nov 2020 | 1
Qualcomm and India’s top telco strike 5G pact, hit 1Gbps in trials This goes some way towards explaining the 5G network kit Jio suddenly announced it had built and would sell Networks21 Oct 2020 | 1
Microsoft lends Windows on Arm a hand with emulation layer to finally run 64-bit x86 apps at last News from the Department of Wait, It Didn't Already Do That? OSes01 Oct 2020 | 69
Qualcomm flexes latest Arm chipset for laptops: Snappy performance and battery life if you can put off your upgrade long enough Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G will first appear on the Acer Spin 7 Personal Tech03 Sep 2020 | 14
Intel, HP, Tesla, etc protest to US monopoly watchdog: Are you just gonna let Qualcomm patent-tax us to death? You had teeth once, FTC – use them Networks25 Aug 2020 | 10
Qualcomm demos sub-700MHz 5G data calls via Chinese telco upstart Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you Science17 Aug 2020 | 5