Snapdragon Summit in Southeast Asia

Qualcomm showcased its Snapdragon X-powered device lineup at the Snapdragon Summit in Southeast Asia (SEA).

Eight years

Qualcomm and Google are teaming up to extend the life of a smartphone to eight years.

It’s a fire sale

The troubled Chipzilla’s golden days might be behind it, but selling the company or its divisions isn’t the way forward—it’s a reckless fire sale, says legendary chip designer Jim Keller. 

Old design new modem

The fruity cargo cult Apple has officially announced the iPhone 16e, a so-called budget version of its flagship iPhone 16. Under the bonnet, it has barely anything new besides the company’s over-hyped C1 modem.

Chip giant free to make processors

British chip designer Arm has abandoned its bid to terminate Qualcomm’s crucial Architecture License Agreement (ALA), meaning the US tech giant can continue producing Arm-compatible chips for PCs, smartphones, and servers. 

Less expensive version with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip

ASUS has officially announced its less expensive version of the ROG Phone 9, the ROG Phone 9 FE, which will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 3 SoC, while the rest of the specifications remain the same.

Great results can’t please anyone

The reaction to Qualcomm and Arm’s stonking results is more proof that Wall Street's cocaine nose jobs don't really know anything.

Thinner, lighter, and with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 12GB of RAM

At its Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 event, Samsung unveiled its full Galaxy S25 series lineup, including the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ smartphones, which are now thinner, lighter, and will be getting the custom Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in all markets.

Today, Intel; tomorrow the world

Elon [look at me] Musk, Global Foundries, and Qualcomm are in Florida, where they will are rumoured to be plotting to buy Intel.

After 28 years working for Chipzilla

Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and lead engineer on numerous Xeon server processors, has exited the company to join Qualcomm.