Stefan Mileschin

It is all about the 7nm and die-area

Wafers are very expensive, especially for the 7nm leading-edge process, and 10nm is not cheap either. If you need to use a device in a battery-operated environment, then power consumption plays a critical role. But Qualcomm thinks that 5G deployment is happening much faster than was the case with 4G and wants to expand the reach to the Snapdragon 700 and even 600 series.

Qualcomm’s said that 7nm integrated 5G SoC will play a significant role in the popularization of the next generation 5G network. Qualcomm said that it plans to have the Snapdragon 7 series with integrated 5G launch in Q4 2019 and that several vendors are working on those designs.

Now the company said today that the next 7th generation SoC is also 7nm and packs a 5G X55 like modem with both SA, Non-SA and even millimeter-wave support. mmWaves will enable incredible speeds and unleash the full potential of the 5G.

Cristiano Amon said that in his keynote at IFA 2019 today. And Kedar Kondap, VP of product management Snapdragon SoCs, confirmed that twelve leading global OEMs and brands are on board with the integrated Snapdragon 7 series 5G.

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