Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X75, the first chipset for the 5G-Advanced platform. 5G-Advanced is expected to drive innovations in fixed wireless access (FWA), private networks, smartphones, vehicles, and industrial IoT.
Snapdragon X75 is Qualcomm’s first modem-RF system with a dedicated tensor accelerator along with new AI-powered optimizations to boost data rates, coverage, mobility, link robustness, and location accuracy. The vendor also detailed plans to use the X75 in its FWA Platform Gen 3, which it branded as the first fully integrated 5G-Advanced product for such services. It is compatible with mmWave and sub-6GHz frequencies along with Wi-Fi 7. Qualcomm stated the platform could enable a new class of all-wireless home broadband, delivering multi-gigabit data rates and fixed-line levels of latency. It pitched the FWA product as a cost-effective means to deliver fiber-like data rates over 5G to rural areas.
“The Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System is a big step ahead in terms of how we are positioning ourselves for the next phase of 5G,“ said Durga Malladi, SVP and GM for cellular modems and infrastructure at Qualcomm. She acknowledged the capabilities defined in the 3GPP Release-18 standard won’t be available until 2024. “The system also features a converged transceiver for mmWave and sub-6GHz spectrum paired with its fifth-generation mmWave antenna modules to reduce cost, power consumption, and hardware footprint. It’s the first converged architecture that exists out there today. This has been worked on for a long period of time“. The Snapdragon X75 is currently sampling, with commercial devices expected to launch in H2.
An international team of scientists from IBM, the University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the University of Regensburg has created and characterized a molecule unlike any previously known.
Erste Group, together with the Austrian deeptech company zerothird and A1, has achieved a milestone in securing digital financial flows. In a pilot project in Vienna, a commercial quantum security solution was successfully integrated into the bank’s existing fiber-optic infrastructure for the first time.
Micro LED display revenue is projected to grow 100% year-over-year, increasing from $52.4 million in 2025 to $105.4 million in 2026, according to Omdia. While Micro LED displays for public display, ultra-large TVs, smart watches, and smart glasses remain limited, rapidly maturing manufacturing capabilities and new product adoption are expected to drive significant shipment and revenue growth in the near term.
