Qualcomm launched three new Snapdragon processors, a Gigabit Class LTE modem and a new Snapdragon Wear platform for wearables.
The three new Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, namely the Snapdragon 625, 435 and 425, are designed to deliver some of the latest premium-tier user experiences, using custom-developed technology including camera, video, gaming and connectivity, to the broader smartphone ecosystem.
Also, Qualcomm Technologies introduced its sixth-generation discrete LTE multimode chipset, namely the Qualcomm Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, which is built on a 14nm FinFET process, and the Qualcomm RF Transceiver, WTR5975. The company said that the Snapdragon X16 LTE modem is the first commercially announced Gigabit Class LTE chipset designed to deliver fibre-like LTE Category 16 download speeds of up to 1 Gbps, supporting up to 4x20 MHz downlink Carrier Aggregation (CA) across FDD and TDD spectrum with 256-QAM, and 2x20 MHz uplink carrier aggregation plus 64-QAM for uplink speeds up to 150 Mbps.
Qualcomm Incorporated also announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, introduced Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear, a new platform for wearable devices, and the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), the first in a new product family designed to bring new and enhanced wearable experiences to consumers.
