5G Sets Sail Around the Globe [Mobile Radio]

The third annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit was held on Maui, Hawaii, on 4-6 December 2018. This event featured several industry milestones related to 5G mobile communication systems and the Snapdragon mobile platforms. During the second day of the technology summit, Qualcomm Technologies unveiled the Snapdragon 855 chipset, the company?s newest generation in the Snapdragon 8 Series Mobile Platform. This is the world's first commercial mobile platform supporting, collectively, multigigabit 5G, industry-leading artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive extended reality, ushering in a new decade of revolutionary mobile devices. Using new chip architectures built on leading 7-nm process technology, the Snapdragon 855 will offer users long-lasting battery life and enhanced experiences in such areas as imaging, audio, gaming, and extended reality.