News & Reviews:   Qualcomm

Based on a report by tweaktown.com, it seems that there was a rumour going around that TSMC could increase the price per wafer by up to 25% in the near future. With that being said, it could potentially affect the prices of products equipped with TSMC-made chips by up to 25% as well.

News has reported that Qualcomm is preparing for an ARM-based Snapdragon 8cx chip for Windows 10 to compete against Apple's M1 chip. Sadly, this new benchmark leak of the upcoming chip might be here to tell you not to put too much hope on it.

5G still isn't accessible to many yet, but chipmakers are pushing for widespread adoption. For instance, there was the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 back in January. Well, Qualcomm also has a new mid-range 5G chipset that it just launched today.

Nintendo has been dominating the handheld gaming console market with the Nintendo Switch in the last few years. Its position hasn't been threatened so far, but that could change in the future. In fact, sources claim that Qualcomm has something in the works.

To bring down costs, companies sometimes go back to older products and improve them. That has been the case for Qualcomm, which launched the Snapdragon 870 chipset. Now, a Snapdragon 860 chipset has also been revealed.

When Apple launched its new MacBooks last year, the Apple M1 chip inside surprised many with how well it performed. Of course, the chip would be limited to Apple computers, but there's a huge market for Windows 10 PCs and Qualcomm wants to capitalise on that.

Based on a statement by money.udn.com, it seems that Xiaomi might resort to sourcing chipsets from MediaTek due to the current shortage in Qualcomm chipsets. With that being said, we could see more Xiaomi smartphones equipped with MediaTek chipsets in the future.

Based on a report by WinFuture.de, it seems that Qualcomm could be working on a chip that seems to be an upgrade from the Snapdragon 7c that was released quite a while back. Not much is known in regards to the exact product that will come with the upcoming chip embedded, our source did mention that it will most likely be similar to the Snapdragon 775 chipset.

Last week, there was a rumour that the new iPhone SE next year. The device is not only expected to feature an upgraded chipset but also 5G support. Now, there's a rumour claiming that the 5G modem could be developed by Apple itself.

Many of you know about the chips that go into your phone. But did you know that Qualcomm doesn't actually churn out its own supply of chipsets? The powerful Snapdragon 888 is manufactured by Samsung, and that will also be the case for the new model.