Highlights:

  • Previous year, Qualcomm unveiled first 5G chip of the industry that integrates an onboard AI processor.
  • According to the company, Snapdragon X75 is developed to get compatible with 5G Advanced, a future version of the 5G standard.

Qualcomm Inc. launched latest 5G modem chip, Snapdragon X75 that will likely support the next-gen flagship smartphones.

Qualcomm has been a key supplier of networking chips in the mobile industry. The 5G modems of the company can be found in Android flagship handsets such as Galaxy S23 series debuted this month by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd as well as Apple Inc.’s iPhones. Besides, the company’s modems are also finding applications in smart cars.

In the previous year, Qualcomm had unveiled the first 5G chip of the industry that integrates an onboard AI processor. It runs AI algorithms that voluntarily optimize the connection speed of a handset and lower the internet outage risk.

The latest Snapdragon X75 modem represents an advanced version of this technology. Qualcomm claims the new onboard AI processor is over 2.5X faster than the one launched last year. Even the algorithm running on the processor has been improved. It makes use of sensory data from user’s handset while determining the best optimization of 5G connections.

Compact antennas are used by mobile modems for sending and receiving the 5G signals. With Snapdragon X75, Qualcomm is launching a streamlined design of antenna that it claims to reduce power consumption and hardware cost. Even the software optimizations are integrated by the company that are likely to enhance internet coverage at places such as airports.

According to the company, Snapdragon X75 is developed to get compatible with 5G Advanced, a future version of the 5G standard. This technology, which is anticipated to emerge in the coming years, will likely lower the internet outage risk and enhance data upload speed. It will partly support certain enhancements with the help of artificial intelligence to optimize the network infrastructure of carriers.

The Snapdragon X75 also powers the Qualcomm Satellite technology. As per the chipmaker, it will facilitate handsets to connect to the internet satellite constellations.

Durga Malladi, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of infrastructure and cellular modems at Qualcomm, said “Snapdragon X75 Modem-RF System demonstrates the full breadth of our global 5G leadership, with innovations such as hardware accelerated AI and the support for upcoming 5G Advanced capabilities, which unlock a whole new level of 5G performance and a new phase in cellular communications.”

Apart from smartphone developers, Qualcomm also supplies networking chips to the wireless carriers. In 2021, the company launched 5G DU X100 Accelerator Card, a computing module to power 5G cell towers. The module relieves analytically intensive network management operations from servers of cell towers to enhance the performance.