Qualcomm AI Hub, new Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF System, and FastConnect 7900

As expected, Qualcomm took the Mobile World Congress 2024 by storm, and in addition to plenty of smartphones that were announced with Qualcomm's flagship chipset, the company itself talked about the future and advancements in AI, 5G, and Wi-Fi with its Qualcomm AI Hub, the new Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF System, and the new FastConnect 7900 mobile connectivity system with Wi-Fi 7.

Cristiano Amon and Carl Pei confirm it

Nothing has confirmed at the Mobile World Congress 2023 that the Nothing Phone 2 will be powered by a Snapdragon 8-series SoC when it launches later this year.

It is the fastest Snapdragon ever, but apparently, it is not all about the CPU clock

With Samsung unveiling its new Galaxy S23 series smartphones, Qualcomm has now shed a bit more details on the custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC powering these three new smartphones.

Been with Qualcomm since 2006

Qualcomm has announced it has appointed Jim Cathey as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately.

Snapdragon Gen 1, new brand, faster uploads, HDR 4K video, 8K

After two years of absence of in-person events due to the covid19, Qualcomm has kick-started its Snapdragon Technology in person. Many things have changed in the last two years, but we will pick two when it comes to Qualcomm.

Replaces Penny Baldwin

Qualcomm has announced it has appointed Don McGuire as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Steve Mollenkopf to Retire as CEO in June

Qualcomm finished strong with Snapdragon 888 and started the first working day of January with its Snapdragon 480 5G announcement. After 26 years at the company, the new big announcement is that Steve Mollenkopf will retire as a CEO. He was CEO since March 2014.

Automotive connected Vision powered by Qualcomm   

It is not every day that you get to meet the Executive Vice President of BMW, Dr. Christoph Grote and the President of Qualcomm QTI, Cristiano Amon. People following our work do know that we meet Cristiano, but Dr. Grote shared a very insightful vision of connected and self-driving vision at BMW.

In May 2019

The 5G networks around the world have just started booting up and Qualcomm’s President Cristiano Amon was happy to tell us that there are 75 5G design wins in the pipeline.

Extreme battery life with Snapdragon X55 modem

Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm, just announced that the Snapdragon 8cx Always-Connected PC platform will get a 5G version. The Snapdragon 8cx SoC is matched with the Snapdragon X55 modem to support SA, NSA, and up to 7Gbps downloads speeds.