Alongside Snapdragon 636, Qualcomm Technologies has announced the Snapdragon X50 5G modem chipsetfor mobile devices at the Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong.
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| Snapdragon X50 mmWave 5G smartphone reference design |
Executive Vice President of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Cristiano Amon has delivered the good news that Qualcomm have achieved the first-announced successful demonstration of a 5G data connection on a single-chip 5G modem w/ the Snapdragon X50.
The Snapdragon X50 5G modem chips achieved over 1 Gbps download speed in their tests using multiple 5G carriers. In addition, Qualcom was also able to successfully establish an over-the-air connection using a tiny 28 GHz mmWave antenna module.
Qualcomm used the mmWave 5G smartphone reference design in order to test and optimize 5G mmWave performance within the constraints of a mobile form factor.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem family is expected to arrive on 5G mobile devices this first half of 2019!
Source: Qualcomm