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Qualcomm Elevates RFFE Game Beyond Smartphones with New Wi-Fi 7 Front End Modules Aimed at SDVs and IoT

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Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Qualcomm’s new RFFE portfolio additions including new Wi-Fi 7 FEMs build on its robust presence throughout the handsets segment into new device categories such as automotive and IoT and provides the competitive foundation to attain new revenue growth thresholds as well as bolster overall RFFE portfolio differentiation.

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Insights From Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit – Part 1: How Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Signals an AI Inflection Point for The Premium Mobile Tier

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Futurum Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard shares insights and observations from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit. In the first of several pieces that will focus on individual Snapdragon Tech Summit announcements, Blanchard outlines how Qualcomm’s new premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile SOC plays into the company’s broader intelligent connected edge ambitions and highlights the paradigm shift that it represents with regard to new benchmarks of performance, particularly regarding AI.

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Part Three of Series: More on RFFE and the Role it Plays in Qualcomm’s 5G Roadmap

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In Part Three of his series on RFFE (RF Front End), Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard dives into how chipmaker giant Qualcomm is leveraging its global leadership in wireless innovation and recent investments in RF to significantly grow its modem-to-antenna solutions footprint not only in mobile handsets, but also expand that slice of its business into high growth adjacent segments like Automotive, the IoT, and the IIoT. Tying the series to Qualcomm’s 2021 Investor Day provides critical insights into RFFE’s growing importance to Qualcomm’s technology portfolio and business momentum.

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Part Two of Series: More on 5G RFFE and Why It’s Part of the 5G Puzzle

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What is RF Front End (RFFE), and what part does this critical mobile technology play in delivering advanced RF-Modem systems? These are just the first two answers that Futurum senior analyst Olivier Blanchard answers in this three-part series about how RFFE is already solving the growing engineering complexities of 5G, perhaps chief among them how to elegantly solve mmWave challenges, deliver high performance solutions like Qualcomm’s X65 modem-RF system, and provide high speed, low latency connectivity to mobile devices, vehicles, and IOT devices.

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Meet RFFE – A Critical Piece in the 5G Puzzle

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What is Radio frequency front end (RFFE), and what part does this critical mobile technology play in delivering advanced RF-Modem systems? These are just the first two answers that Futurum senior analyst Olivier Blanchard answers in this three-part series about how RFFE is already solving the growing engineering complexities of 5G, perhaps chief among them how to elegantly solve mmWave challenges, deliver high performance solutions like Qualcomm’s X65 modem-RF system, and provide high speed, low latency connectivity to mobile devices, vehicles, and IOT devices.

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Qualcomm’s Upgradable New Snapdragon X65 Modem Promises to Bring 10gbs speeds to 5G phones as Early as this Year

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Qualcomm’s upgradable new Snapdragon X65 modem promises to bring 10gbs speeds to 5G phones as early as this year. Next-gen 5G phones with 10 gigabit per second speeds, all-day battery life, and smart AI-optimized mmWave antennas are coming — and quickly. By delivering not only an upgradeable 10gbs 5G modem but complete RF/RFFE solutions optimized to support global sub-6GHz and mmWave bands, Qualcomm manages yet again to give major OEMs a compelling reason to build their premium and flagship 5G devices around Snapdragon modem-RF systems.