Adnan Farooqui

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Qualcomm CMO sheds light on the regional co-marketing wins with Samsung

Samsung and Qualcomm both attach a lot of importance to their longstanding partnership, evidenced by the fact that the head of Samsung's mobile division, TM Roh, made an in-person appearance on stage during the ongoing Snapdragon Summit 2024, where Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite. “We love Samsung,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said as he […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Snapdragon 8 Elite Geekbench, other benchmarks put gains in perspective

Qualcomm officially announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset earlier this week at the ongoing Snapdragon Summit 2024 in Maui, Hawaii. It's a big launch for the company as this is the first time that its custom Oryon cores have been integrated into its mobile platform. Qualcomm did say last year that it would bring Oryon […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Snapdragon-powered Samsung flagships could get 8 years of Android OS upgrades

Samsung has already been leading the Android OEMs in offering some of the best Android OS upgrade support. Its latest high-end devices are supported for seven years, ensuring that customers can enjoy new features for a considerable amount of time, if they don't decide to upgrade their phone for the next seven years. There's a […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

[Update: QCOMM Statement] ARM rains on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon parade with design license cancellation

[Update] A spokesperson from Qualcomm has provided us with the following statement: This is more of the same from ARM – more unfounded threats designed to strongarm a longtime partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates regardless of the broad rights under our architecture license. With a trial fast approaching in December, […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Wow, One UI 7 is evolving fast, our SDC video is outdated already!

You might recall that Samsung announced at the Samsung Developers Conference 2024 earlier this month that One UI 7 will be released next year. There's no date for a developer beta as yet so it's unclear when we might get our hands on the latest update. However, we were able to find a device running […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

TM Roh’s Snapdragon Summit cameo reveals Samsung’s big secret

Qualcomm announced the most bonkers Snapdragon chip for flagship Android smartphones today. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is a giant leap in everything from gaming to AI performance thanks to Qualcomm’s custom Oryon cores, and the new chip is considerably more efficient as well. Qualcomm confirmed that Samsung will be among the manufacturers who will launch […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Samsung loses out on Snapdragon 8 Elite fabrication to TSMC

Samsung Foundry has been finding it difficult to compete with TSMC. Some of the world's leading chip designers are opting for the latter to get their chips fabricated. This means that Samsung loses out on billions of dollars in business, despite having invested significant sums in its foundry to provide manufacturing capacity for advanced chips. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Is there a special Snapdragon 8 Elite for Samsung Galaxy flagships?

Recent Samsung flagships, including the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, have all used a slightly overclocked version of Qualcomm's top-of-the-line chipset. While everyone else got the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Samsung's flagships got the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy. It was the same deal with the previous iteration […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Snapdragon 8 Elite makes mobile AI faster, smarter, and more powerful

Last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was a considerable leap forward for generative AI on mobile devices. With the demand for these features booming more than ever, the mobile platforms have to evolve to power the next wave of complex generative AI features. The latest Snapdragon 8 Elite makes significant improvements to the Qualcomm AI […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Here’s what Snapdragon 8 Elite’s insane gaming power means for you

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset brings some incredible improvements that will undoubtedly make the gaming experience on next-generation flagship smartphones unlike anything that we've experienced before. Much of it has been derived from the architecture improvements that Qualcomm has made to the new chipset, which includes the company's first-ever Adreno GPU with a sliced […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Snapdragon 8 Elite’s new AI ISP unlocks a new dimension in mobile photography

There’s a lot that Qualcomm’s new chipset improves upon but what a lot of people were particularly interested in were the improvements made to the camera capabilities. It’s safe to say that the Snapdragon 8 Elite is exceeding expectations in this department, as it brings AI photography features, that were previously available only in the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Confirmed: Samsung will use Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy S25 series

Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset at the Snapdragon Summit 2024 in Hawaii, and as expected, it's an impressive platform that delivers incredible advancements for mobile performance, gaming, photography, and artificial intelligence. Mobile device manufacturers will now be using this chipset to bring new flagship devices to the market. It has now been […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Snapdragon 8 Elite debuts custom Oryon cores for unmatched power and AI performance

Qualcomm said at the Snapdragon Summit last year that it would bring the Snapdragon X Elite's bonkers custom Oryon cores to mobile in 2024. Today, at Snapdragon Summit 2024, it has followed through on that promise. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset, and as promised, it features the custom Oryon cores, bringing […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

Samsung S95D TV review: Unmatched glare-free QD-OLED brilliance

There's a longstanding issue that has often made TV purists shun OLED TVs, at least for their brighter rooms, because the glare on the panel would just completely ruin the viewing experience. So those who wanted the benefits of OLEDs would only pick these TVs for darker rooms. Samsung has tackled this problem head-on with […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 months ago

Is the Apple Vision Pro leaping ahead of Samsung’s foldable future?

One could argue that Apple has missed the boat on foldable phones. The company still hasn't shown any indication of making foldable iPhones, despite many rumors to the contrary. On the other hand, Samsung now commands a dominating position in the foldable segment even as plenty of other foldables have come on the market from […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 months ago

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