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The Oppo Reno8 Lite 5G marks the release of a model in this line in Australia after more than a year, with the device coming after three of the company's Find X flagship series were unveiled. The phone was launched in early June.

GUEST OPINION: Qualcomm Technologies has announced the Qualcomm AI Stack portfolio, accelerating the company’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Connected Intelligent Edge. Combining and improving its best-in-class AI software offerings, Qualcomm AI Stack is a comprehensive AI solution for OEMs and developers, supporting a wide range of intelligent devices with broad AI software access and compatibility.

There is little doubt in the mind of any observer of the smartphone industry that, after the disappearance of Huawei as a frontrunner, two Chinese brands — Oppo and Xiaomi — have been vying to take up the fight to market leaders Apple and Samsung.

Qualcomm Technologies announced at the Qualcomm 5G Summit event new capabilities and milestones for the Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF System.

As 5G proliferates beyond the smartphone, Qualcomm Technologies is acting as a catalyst in enabling 5G to scale and revolutionise the robotics industry.

Researchers from Check Point Research, part of the Israeli firm Check Point, have released barebones details about remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in a media codec used by Android phones that are built atop SoCs from Qualcomm and MediaTek.

Qualcomm announced the launch of the Snapdragon Metaverse Fund, established to invest up to US$100 million in developers and companies building unique, immersive XR experiences, as well as associated core augmented reality (AR) and related artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The percentage of 5G-capable smartphones sold globally in January was more than half of the total in a single month for the first time, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

Qualcomm Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced plans to collaborate to deliver the next generation of 5G distributed units, powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ inline accelerator card, the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN.

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics became the globe's top vendor of semiconductors in 2021, overtaking Intel for the first time since 2018 with a 31.6% rise in revenue to US$75.9 billion (A$105.2 billion), the technology analyst firm Gartner says.

For semiconductor company Qualcomm, 5G mmWave is a revolutionary cellular technology, providing access to massive bandwidth and capacity available in frequency bands above 24GHz.

2021 marked an exciting year for 5G. For semiconductor company Qualcomm, it not only saw 5G commercial launches around the world, but it noted that 3GPP continued towards completing 5G NR Release.

The race to perfect the Arm platform to power ultra slim and light Windows 11 and Chromebook PCs is hotting up with the newest generation of 5nm processors from Qualcomm, fighting back against x86 processors and Apple's Arm-based M1-class processors, with Qualcomm's inbuilt 5G one of the differentiators for the "Always On, Always Connected" experience.

With Apple arguably the world's most advanced SoC maker for smartphones, tablets and computers, the ARM and x86 competition is in full flight for a big fight for the hearts, minds and wallets of consumers, with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 promising to "lead the way into a new era of premium mobile technology equipped with cutting-edge 5G, AI, gaming, camera, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to transform the next generation of flagship devices."

Qualcomm Technologies announced the commercial availability of the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows on Snapdragon PCs.

Wireless technology provider Qualcomm will expand the industries it covers, with the automotive sector a focus in the years to come, the company says in a statement.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is claimed to be licensing its smartphone designs to other vendors in order that it can get past American sanctions that have devastated its smartphone business.

Qualcomm Technologies introduced its first augmented reality (AR) reference design based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Platform, equipped to deliver high-performance, immersive experiences, and low power consumption.

Qualcomm Technologies introduced Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, a headworn Augmented Reality (AR) developer kit to enable the creation of immersive experiences that seamlessly blur the lines between physical and digital realities.

Semiconductor company Qualcomm and NEC are collaborating to develop a 5G open and virtualised distributed unit powered by Qualcomm’s X100 5G RAN Accelerator card to drive transition towards modern networks.