• Snapdragon 778G Widens Qualcomm’s 5G Portfolio

    A complete modem-to-RF solution for the growing 5G opportunity Against the backdrop of accelerating global adoption of 5G smartphones, with CCS Insight forecasting over half a billion shipments in 2021 ...

  • Arm and Nvidia. Heads or Tails

    Acquisition approval rests on a knife-edge Eight months have now passed since Nvidia announced its intention to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion. It's little surprise that progress toward ...

  • What Makes a Smartwatch Tick?

    CCS Insight compares two leading smartwatch designs We cover many categories of technology at CCS Insight, and design is arguably more important to wearables than anything else. The clue is ...

  • Qualcomm’s Mid-Tier 5G Chipsets Expand Phone Design Possibilities

    Phone-makers tap its mid-range platforms to cater to untapped segments In a study of recent mid-tier 5G smartphones featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 750G 5G system-on-chip (SoC), we noted ...

  • Vodafone and Qualcomm Speed 5G Development and Supplier Diversity

    Partnership will enable reference designs for Open RAN A joint announcement by Vodafone and Qualcomm that the companies are teaming up to develop a "technical blueprint" for open radio access ...

  • Luminar Looks to the Skies

    Luminar Technologies Partners with Airbus On Monday, Luminar Technologies announced it would partner with Airbus, the French aerospace giant, to test technologies that could increase aircraft safety and ultimately lead ...

  • Arm Sets Out Stall for Next Decade of Computing

    Armv9 architecture addresses security, AI and performance needs Last week, at its Vision Day 2021 event, Arm announced its new Armv9 architecture, setting in motion the company's vision for what ...

  • Intel Bets Big on Chipmaking Future

    New CEO Pat Gelsinger outlines strategy for Intel manufacturing We outlined several challenges facing Intel's incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger when he was appointed in January (see Instant Insight: Intel Appoints ...

  • The Unintended Smartphone Tax

    Prices of 5G devices resist falling in the US Well into their third year of deployment, global 5G networks are rolling out much quicker than 4G did at the same ...

  • Opposition Mounts to Nvidia’s Bid for Arm

    Chipmakers quietly object to the acquisition In the wake of Nvidia's bid to acquire Arm for $40 billion, announced on 14 September 2020, the silence has been deafening. Despite widespread ...