Articles tagged "Qualcomm"

Following speculation about an imminent price hike on its chipsets, Qualcomm has officially confirmed that it will indeed raise its Snapdragon chip prices across the board. As confirmed by CEO...

Smartphone shipments have been on the decline for the past few months as the ongoing memory chip shortage continues to plague OEMs. And as you can imagine, other components are getting hit too. Take...

According to the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, Qualcomm is working on a new iteration of its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC to be launched later this year. This will...

Qualcomm is working on a new chipset with the model number SM4875, and details about it have now been leaked. This is expected to be called Snapdragon 4 Gen 6, and thus will obviously be the...

Qualcomm and Samsung posted this on Instagram, confirming that the upcoming Galaxy Z foldables will be powered by the custom Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy. Well, there is an asterisk to...

Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit will take place between September 22 and 24. This will be the official unveiling of the next generation of Snapdragon 8 Elite chips (two of them) and several...

Qualcomm has announced it will host its annual Snapdragon Summit from September 22-24 in Maui, Hawaii. While Qualcomm hasn't revealed what it will announce at this Snapdragon Summit, it's likely...

We've heard rumors that Qualcomm will launch two 2nm chips under the Snapdragon 8 Elite series this year, called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950) and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975). But...

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon Reality Elite as its next-gen XR platform to redefine what's possible in spatial computing, as it's designed to power immersive spatial computing experiences and...

The skyrocketing costs of memory chips are changing the product mix of smartphone makers – cheaper, lower-margin phones aren’t selling so well, while pricier, high-performance models have bigger...

The gap between smartphone chips in 2026 is absurd. The fastest chip we’ve tested is roughly 15 times more powerful than the slowest one still found in modern smartphones. And yet both can run...

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft officially unveiled the Surface Laptop 8 (13.8” and 15”) and the Surface Pro. These are powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips. Microsoft has now shifted its...

Snapdragon released its first Gen 5 chips last year with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the vanilla 8 Gen 5. Now the company is extending this generation into the entry-level and mid-range segments...

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book6 series of laptops at CES in January – those were powered by Intel’s new 18A Core Ultra Series 3 processors. There is an Edge model coming too – “Edge” is what...

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has been spotted in Korea meeting with Samsung executives. The trip is all about manufacturing chips on the 2nm process, and there's a chance that Qualcomm will turn to...

Qualcomm is expected to unveil two top of the line chipsets this September, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. Today, some more details about the former have been...

Qualcomm is expected to unveil its next-generation Snapdragon flagship mobile processors in September. Rumors suggest the lineup will include two SoCs, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8...

Last year, Qualcomm acquired Arduino, a company known for its tinker-friendly microcontroller kits and single board computers (SBC). The first product to follow was the Uno Q, which was powerful...

Qualcomm’s latest system on a chip for wrist wearables is here, and it jumps on the Elite naming scheme with more power and on-device AI capabilities for the agentic AI era. It’s set to power the...

“We’re starting to see that memory is going to define the size of the mobile market,” said Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm. While the company doesn’t purchase memory chips directly, its customers do...