Snapdragon X Elite Ushers In All-New Oryon CPU And Amped Adreno GPU Architecture
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Qualcomm recently held an event at which the company discussed numerous Wi-Fi 7 updates and fresh hardware and software innovations. Front and center was a new 10G Fiber Wi-Fi 7 Gateway Platform and an array of software and tools that will enable service providers to usher in what Qualcomm is calling Service Defined Wi-Fi.
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High-End Smartphone Camera Systems Require Massive Processing Power
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Qualcomm was able to get Stable Diffusion running on a hand-held device without internet connectivity, by optimizing and scaling the AI model down to run on more efficient INT8 (8-bit integer) precision operations, rather than the larger, more complex FP32 (32-bit floating point) operations that were used to train the model. The result is that for inference (running the model to accurately create the image and inferring details from text), the Stable Diffusion model was shrunk dramatically, or quantized, to a fraction of its size with little to no degradation in accuracy, but with significantly better performance on a low-power Snapdragon AI accelerator (Qualcomm Hexagon Processor) with much less storage and memory bandwidth required.
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At this moment in time, there are a myriad of resolution upscaling technologies available across the console, mobile and PC gaming markets. NVIDIA offers DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), AMD offers FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), Intel has XeSS (Xe Super Sampling), and there are a number of more basic Integer and Bilinear upscaling solutions out there as well, not to mention simplified scaling tools integrated directly into some game engines.
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Today’s smartphones also have unmatched computational photography capabilities, thanks to processors like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile platform, which has a significant amount of silicon resources dedicated specifically for image and video processing.
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Qualcomm just announced some new updates to its processor line-up that target a couple of key market segments. The freshly minted Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 targets top-tier, premium Android devices, while the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 focuses on more mainstream, gaming-centric devices.
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Today at its annual 5G Summit in San Diego, Qualcomm announced it has achieved a significant milestone in the evolution of 5G wireless network connectivity and the future of wireless broadband services everywhere.
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The Nubia RedMagic 7 is powered by Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform processor. Despite the device’s killer performance, however, pricing starts at only $629.
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Today, Qualcomm has allowed independent benchmark test results of a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 prototype device to be published, and the early numbers are promising.
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 features significant advancements to virtually every part of the platform.
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Foxconn’s Industrial Internet division has launched a new AI-enabled machine vision platform called Gloria. Powered by Qualcomm’s Cloud AI 100 solution, the system is design to support up to 24 high-definition cameras for video analytics applications like traffic analysis, security monitoring and smart retail spaces.
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Snapdragon 778G 5G is the company’s successor to its popular Snapdragon 765G Mobile Platform, and QCOM is announcing broad industry adoption for the new chipset with Motorola, Xiaomi, OPPO, Honor, Realme and iQOO announced support at launch.
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In this paper, we have tested Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Chromebook reference platforms against competing devices equipped with processors from Intel and MediaTek. This data is a first-look at Snapdragon 7c performance since the platform’s launch, and it’s the first time the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c compute platform has been tested in a Chromebook.
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Mobile silicon heavyweight and 5G innovator Qualcomm announced a blockbuster deal this morning, that it intends to acquire NUVIA for $1.4 billion. As a custom Arm-based CPU start-up, NUVIA’s design engineering and executive team brings with it a pedigree of proven execution, having formerly contributed to custom Arm CPU development at Apple for its Mac and iPhone products. It’s a bold move by Qualcomm that makes a lot of sense, and likely accelerates its efforts to expand into new markets and product categories.
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If you understand what the Surface Pro X is all about and the prospect of a silent, thin, light convertible PC with solid battery life is intriguing, it’s worth checking out. You may be surprised by what it can do.
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It will be incumbent upon benchmark app developers and the press to sort through the finer points of what makes for a quality mobile AI benchmark, and also what is a truer measure of performance for your own personal pocket AI assistant.
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Following on the heels of Microsoft’s own Surface Pro X launch — a classic detachable 13-inch Surface device that’s powered by a semi-custom version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx — Samsung stepped out in an effort to offer an even more premium laptop experience at a more competitive price point, in a traditional clamshell design, branded the Galaxy Book S.
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There’s no question, literally every human being worldwide has a responsibility to do their part in the Coronavirus pandemic, even if it’s just simply washing your hands and staying home. However, major Tech innovators around the world have an even greater responsibility, as key intellectual property and specialized manufacturing capabilities can provide a huge positive impact in the fight against COVID-19.
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Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon XR2 5G back in December of last year, the second-gen 5G-enabled iteration of the company’s mobile XR platform. For the uninitiated, XR is a term Qualcomm has coined to encompass technologies employed for “Extend Reality” experiences, an amalgam of virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Today the company is taking things a step further and announcing a new XR2 5G-based reference design…
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