Category: Qualcomm

Xiaomi 14 Pro unboxing, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 4nm, Leica Triple Lens, 120W fast charge

Posted by – October 26, 2023

Here at the Baoan Waterfront Park Xiaomi Store, few minutes after Xiaomi 14 Pro’s release, I get the pleasure to unbox this phone for the first time, it features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 4nm Arm Octa-core processor (1×3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 5×3.2 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.3 GHz Cortex-A520) with the Adreno 750 GPU. It comes with Leica lens Triple camera system that might provide the highest quality Smartphone camera on the market yet (to be confirmed). It supports ultra fast 120W charging that charges the phone to 100% in just 18 minutes and 50W wireless charge to 100% in 40min advertised. This phone is to be available in China on November 1st, at the price of 5499rmb (€711, $751) as shown in the video, there may be lower cheaper sku available too. The Xiaomi 14 is launched today also, at a lower price with a smaller display and some other features that may be different..

TCL RayNeo X2 microLED AR smart glass with Qualcomm XR2, binocular, TCL NXTWEAR S with TCL AR app

Posted by – March 9, 2023

At Mobile World Congress 2023 #mwc23 TCL shows their newest microLED smart glasses, the NXTWEAR S with TCL AR app and lenses to immersive experience, TCL NXTWEAR S XR smart glasses offers an expansive viewing environment, equivalent to watching a 130-inch screen four meters away, with dual 1080p Micro OLED displays that provide a private, high-quality screening space. The sharp FHD image is paired with crisp, optimized audio that can be enjoyed through dual speakers or by connecting headphones, with a unique “whisper mode” harnessing advanced acoustic phase cancellation technique to prevent sound leakage, perfect for turning lunch breaks, the daily commute or a long haul flight into an immersive adventure.

NXTWEAR S is designed with comfort, ease of use and style in mind. Weighing around 82g [1]and featuring adjustable nose pads and magnetic pogo-pin connector, the glasses free users’ hands, making journeys more comfortable.

TCL NXTWEAR S is compatible with over 100 Android and Windows devices that support DP with a USB-C port. iOS devices are compatible with an adapter. The TCL NXTWEAR S is available now in select markets worldwide.

The next generation TCL RayNeo X2 were also shown with Binocular microLED for Augmented Reality use cases, ultra thin, light and compact, TCL RayNeo X2 is True AR glasses in a regular eyeglasses design. Equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform, NayNeo X2 AR glasses can be used for a wide range of applications, including gaming, education, training, entertainment, and more.

Micro-LED Optical Waveguide Technology
Optical waveguide Micro-LED technology, recognized by the industry as the best optical waveguide solution. Higher contrast ratio for better display effect. Upgrade eye-catching brightness, which can meet the needs of indoor and outdoor use at the same time.

Binocular Full-color Display
Binocular full-color display, the first in the industry to achieve binocular full-color on the optical waveguide + Micro LED solution.
Better Performance with Qualcomm
Snapdragon XR2
Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 – the world’s first 5G XR chip. It achieves2 timesCPU and GPU performance improvement,4 timesvideo bandwidth improvement,6 timesresolution improvement and11 timesAI performance improvement. The overall system delay has reduced to achieve better AR experience.

Longer Battery Life
With our built in 590 mAh battery, RayNeo X2 AR Glasses achieves about 3 hours of continuous use battery life.

Read more at https://www.rayneo.com/products/tcl-rayneo-x2

Qualcomm Booth Tour at MWC 2023 #mwc23

Posted by – March 1, 2023

Booth Tour with Qualcomm at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, the world’s most influential connectivity industry event where leading companies and trailblazers share the latest thought leadership about the future of connectivity. They’re accelerating innovation and digital transformation in mobile computing, XR, automotive, wireless fiber, the modern network, and more. Discover how they enable the intelligently connected future. This was part of my MWC 2023 day 2 livestream here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV5-rsvcRsM

Qualcomm at Embedded World 2022 day2

Posted by – June 25, 2022

via https://youtu.be/8HqEW6pD4ZQ

CES 2021: Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW, rugged, drop/water proof, Snapdragon 765G, push to talk

Posted by – January 22, 2021

via https://youtu.be/fbpmWv_GJA4

40 degree diagonal $1299 Third-Eye X1 AR Smart Glasses with 13mp camera Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU.

Posted by – June 21, 2020

Third-Eye X1 are augmented reality smart glasses made by Third-Eye Gen, an advanced tech manufacturer for the US Department of Defense based in New Jersey, USA. Third-Eye  Remote Aid platform X1 AR smart Glasses Comes with. Resulotion:1280*720*RGB, Field of view: 40 degree diagonal. Virtual Image Size: 90’at 10 feet. Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU Andreno 530 GPU. 3Gb RAM 32 GB ROM +SD card and OS 7.0.HD camera 13mp. Battery :2400mah 8hours  stand by time. Lens: swappable lens.  https://www.thirdeyegen.com/product/x1-smart-glasses/
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Vuzix M4000 wave guide Smart Glass for enterprise, Vuzix Labs Smart Swim with partners and more

Posted by – January 19, 2020

Vuzix M4000 is the company’s new flagship product in its corporate M series uses Qualcomm’s 2.52Ghz Octa-core Snapdragon XR1, the same processor used in its direct predecessor the M400 and in the Google Glass 2, 6GB LPDDR4 System RAM, 64GB internal flash memory. They use their self-developed fully transparent waveguide display which has a larger field-of-view to bring vast advantages in work areas such as remote maintenance.

$399 Weibu Snapdragon 850/8cx/835 Laptop and 2-in-1, Windows 10 ARM Powered

Posted by – October 22, 2019

Weibu is the Shenzhen design house ready to work with brands to mass produce affordable Qualcomm Snapdragon 835/850 and soon (from Q1 2020) also the Snapdragon 8cx based 13.3″, 10.8″ and 14.1″ and other sizes from FHD to 3Kx2K displays, for long battery, built-in LTE.

https://youtu.be/u5tTo4-lSlw

Onyx Boox Note2 10.3″ Qualcomm Front light

Posted by – October 14, 2019

An overview of the new Onyx Boox Note2, with its new performance.
You can see behind the scenes as they show it to many Chinese media: https://youtu.be/91-ENuLUXzM

Onyx Boox Note2, Max3 with Onyx CEO

Posted by – October 13, 2019

Onyx presents the new 10.3″ Note2 with Qualcomm Octa Core ARM Cortex-A53 platform, responsive, with front-light, battery effecient, probably the most optimized and the most advanced E Ink notepad in the world at the moment. And the new 13.3″ Boox Max3 also thinner, lighter, also running on the Qualcomm Octa-core platform on an Android 9 base.

Geniatech IoT TV Box, Zigbee Gateway with OpenWRT, LoRa Gateway, Zigbee Dongle, HDMI Capture


Geniatech shows their new IoT integrations for their TV Box market expertise, adding Smart Home functionality in the TV Box, introducing their Zigbee Gateway, Industrial IoT LoRa Gateway based on their Snapdragon 410 Dragonboard 96Boards Developer Board 4 Hub to do the edge computing, Zigbee Dongle adds IoT Smart Home to any Set-top-box such as the Geniatech ATX598Max and other that supports it in the software. Geniatech HDMI Capture

$999 Samsung Galaxy Book S on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx

Posted by – September 28, 2019

Samsung use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx ARM processor on 7nm system-on-a-chip (40% faster CPU, 80% faster GPU compared to Galaxy Book 2), runs Windows 10, with 23 hours of battery, gigabit LTE, always on, always connected, touch-to-wake, instant-on feature, 0.96kg weight, 13.3″ 1080p, multi-touch display (10 points), 1TB SSD, AKG stereo sound with Dolby Atmos support, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, MicroSD slot, 720p front-facing camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C port, and Windows Hello sign-in via a fingerprint sensor. The laptop’s dimensions are 305.2×203.2×6.2-11.8 mm.

Geniatech Developer Board 8

Posted by – August 21, 2019

The Geniatech Developer Board 8 is a Snapdragon 820e based development board designed for commercial and industrial applications. The product features a Qualcomm Snapdradon 820e, 4gb lpddr4 ram, 64GB UFS 2.0,
1x 96boards 40 pin, 1x 96boards 60 pin, full sized HDMI and SD 3.0. The product can run Linux Debian, Linux OpenEmbedded and Android. The Developer Board 8 sells for $350.

Qualcomm 8cx, 7nm ARM Laptop Windows 10 platform

Posted by – June 12, 2019

Qualcomm shows their 8cx ARM Powered Laptop platform. The 8cx is the first ARM Processor designed specifically for the Laptop market. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform is the most extreme Snapdragon ever, combines the best of the smartphone with the power and performance of a premium laptop in ultra-thin, fanless form factors to deliver a superior Always On, Always Connected PC computing experience. The first 7nm PC platform, the Snapdragon 8cx supports transformative 5G experiences, multi-gigabit LTE, and multi-day battery life and marks the biggest generational performance increase ever in a Snapdragon platform.

Shiratech 96Boards Sandwich = Dragonboard 410c + LTE Mezzanine + Bosch Sensor + FPGA Mezzanine


Shiratech and Arrow 96boards Mezzanine sandwich features the DragonBoard 410c with 3 mezzanines and an arduino shield with the DragonBoard 410c as the base board, a Shiratech LTE Mezzanine, a Bosch Sensor Mezzanine and a Shiratech FPGA Mezzanine.

Synology MR2200ac Mesh Router

Posted by – March 21, 2019
Category: Networking, NAS, Qualcomm, MWC

Synology’s first mesh router, MR2200ac, comes with Qualcomm IPQ4019 quad-core CPU and tri-band Wi-Fi, allowing users to expand Wi-Fi coverage through flexible deployment. All Wi-Fi connections and devices can be managed via one platform – SRM. Additionally, settings and remote management can be operated through both a web interface and a dedicated mobile app – DS router. The MR2200ac enables wifi range to be extended.

TechNexion shows i.MX8M Mini, Intel Apollo Lake, Qualcomm QCA9377, QCA6174 at Embedded World 2019


TechNexion shows their lineup of new devices based on the ultra low-power NXP i.MX8M Mini in their ultra-small PICO form factor combining ARM Cortex-A53 and an M4 microcontroller at embedded world 2019, it supports Android, Linux, Yocto, Ubuntu OS is only 37 x 40 mm and at a low cost. The SoM integrates a fully certified wireless module PIXI-9377 based on Qualcomm QCA9377. They also show their Qualcomm QCA9377, QCA6174 devices and more. TechNexion announces two new SoM families: AXON and FLEX. AXON is a product family of small form factor (58 x 37 mm) modules designed for specialized embedded applications requiring another dimension of I/O flexibility. AXON-IMX8M-MINI is also based on NXP i.MX8M Mini applications processor and features AXON Fabric programmable logic, a specialized IC that provides additional functions including nearly infinite pinmuxing, allowing for true pin-to-pin compatibility between SoC versions. FLEX series, on the other hand, is a low-cost family making use of low-cost LPDDR4 SO-DIMM connector. FLEX-IMX8M-MINI (69.6 x 35 mm) offers HD multimedia streaming and integrated 3D graphics at a price point for the cost sensitive market. TechNexion launches several products based on Intel Apollo Lake processor family (Intel Atom x5-E3930, x5-E3940 or x7-E3950) that can be easily deployed in diverse industrial applications ranging from manufacturing robots and machinery, to radar and sensors on ships, trains and automobiles, to in-vehicle experience, video systems and more. TC-1010-APL and TC-1560-APL Multi Touch HMIs come in 10.1” and 15.6” sizes. On the other hand, TCK3-APL is a ruggedized box PC fully customizable to handle your projects with IoT integration. TechNexion also shows their expanded lineup of fully certified (CE / ETSI / FCC / IC / RCM / TELEC) PIXI and STIX series combo wireless communication modules based on Qualcomm QCA9377 and QCA6174 solutions. The modules are available in several M.2 and in the mini-PCIe form factor.

€449 Xiaomi Mi 9, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, €599 Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G, MWC 2019 keynote

Posted by – March 7, 2019

Xiaomi Mi 9 is launched at €449, runs on the 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, with a 6.39″ display, triple cameras including a 2x telephoto optical zoom lens, it can record 4K60 and comes with a 3300 mAh battery. The 5G version of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is also to be available at €599. This video includes my highlights filmed at the Xiaomi Mobile World Congress 2019 keynote which you can also watch the official full video of here.

$449 Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Platform Snapdragon 845 Development Board, Embedded World 2019 booth tour


Qualcomm and Thundercomm launches the Robotics RB3 Platform 96Boards development board (available for $449 at Thundercomm), supports the development of smart, power-efficient, and cost-effective robots, uses heterogeneous computing and Qualcomm Artificial (AI) Engine to support on-device machine learning, computer vision, robust security, multimedia, Wi-Fi, and cellular connectivity capabilities, based on the Qualcomm SDA845/Qualcomm SDM845 SoC. It includes hardware, software, and development tools, the Qualcomm Robotics RB3 platform is designed to help manufacturers and developers create robotic products, ranging from large industrial and enterprise robots to small battery-operated ones with challenging power. This video also features a tour of the Qualcomm booth at Embedded World 2019, featuring all the LTE for IoT modems such as the MDM9206 and the MDM9205 LTE IoT modem, and development boards available from Qualcomm’s partners including Geniatech, Intrinsyc, eInfoChips, Altek, Inforce Computing, Keith and Koep, Shiratech, Basler and more.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Dex on Lapdock, faster, smoother, doesn’t take over phone display

Posted by – March 3, 2019

The new Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+/S10e/Fold enables the fastes PC Mode from a phone yet, here tested on upcoming http://lapdock.net project (check back for more videos on Lapdock and when it might be available for purchase). Galaxy S10 is powered by the extremely fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. There even is a 5G version to be available.