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Snapdragon 855 With 5G Compatibility, Presented By Qualcomm

Qualcomm has announced its new Snapdragon 855 processor, the company’s new chip for high-end mobile devices, which incorporates technical features including the use of a modem adapted to 5G mobile data networks for the first time in a processor on the market.

Qualcomm, which is the most reliable mobile chipset manufacturer in the world, presented it new Snapdragon 855 CPU with 5G compatibility during its annual conference in Hawaii, United States.

Qualcomm introduced its new Snapdragon 855 that would replace Snapdragon 845 in high-end smartphones

The Snapdragon 855 processor, which will reach commercial devices in the United States during the first half of 2019, enables 5G data connections at multiple gigabit speeds via the new Snapdragon 5G X50 modem, as revealed by Qualcomm at its annual conference in Hawaii, United States, on Monday.

Qualcomm’s new high-end mobile processor, which succeeds the current Snapdragon 845 model, incorporates other new technical features, including a new multi-core Artificial Intelligence engine that performs up to three times faster than the previous generation.

Among the other features, the Snapdragon 855 will also include a new image signal processor, which enables computational photography and video functions, as well as the Snapdragon Elite Gaming system to provide “gaming functions to the next level.

Ultrasonic in-display fingerprint reader, thanks to Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Qualcomm also announced at its annual event in Hawaii the new Sonic Sensor 3D biometric smartphones unlocking system, a fingerprint reader technology that works at ultrasonic speed, placed under the smartphone screen. Indeed, the Samsung Galaxy S10 could be one of the first devices in the smartphones industry to incorporate it.

In addition to all that, the system is capable of detecting users’ fingerprints through contaminating obstacles, such as water and dirt, and provides high levels of security and accuracy, according to Qualcomm.

The Snapdragon 855 chip will include support for this in-display fingerprint reader as a standard security system.

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Apple Wants To “Steal” Engineers From Qualcomm To Design Its Own 5G Modem For iPhone

Apple goes for everything and now goes for Qualcomm’s employees. In the last few months, the relationship between Qualcomm and Apple has cooled down, although the former company supplies the latter with some components since they are one of the leading mobile chipset manufacturers in the market. Apple considers that Qualcomm has a monopoly and want to put an end to it by building a factory right next to Qualcomm and “stealing” its engineers to design components for them, including a 5G modem for iPhone.

The conflict between Apple and Qualcomm goes back to early 2017 when Apple accused Qualcomm of a dominant market position. Qualcomm replied by ending its distribution for iPhone factories in China and the US. A few months later, Qualcomm said it was only business, but the war was far from over.

Apple Aims To Steal Qualcomm Engineers To Design Its 5G Model for iPhone

As we read in Bloomberg, Apple would have set up a team in San Diego, the home of Qualcomm, to develop chips focused on artificial intelligence and a next 5G modem for iPhone.

Qualcomm has been Apple’s main modem provider for more than five years, and with this move, they would lose a big customer. We’ll see how events unfold, but Apple’s movement looks like a definitive end of a long-term partnership between the two companies. In addition to that, this move reveals that Apple aims to finally design and manufacture all of its internal components for its devices.

In reality, Apple already does that with its mobile chipsets, both CPUs and GPUs, as well as with its MicroLED displays that are supposed to be under development, as we speak. Apple wants to “steal” engineers from Qualcomm to design its 5G modem for iPhone, putting an end to a long-term partnership with Qualcomm, still one of the most significant chipset producers in the world.

Anna Galvez