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Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled its Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, the world’s first 5G NR-Light modem-RF system.
It is a 5G modem for a new generation of devices to fuel the connecting edge of the network, Gautam Sheoran, vice president of product management at Qualcomm, said in a news conference.
NR-Light, a new class of 5G, fills the gap between fast mobile broadband devices and extremely low-bandwidth NB-IoT devices. NR-Light devices, powered by Snapdragon X35, can be smaller, more cost-efficient and offer longer battery life than traditional mobile broadband devices.
“It connects a range of intelligent edge devices,” Sheoran said.
It can be used in things like connectivity for ambulances and fire trucks, automobiles, public safety, agriculture, and heavy machinery. It can also be used in consumer wearables, XR devices and more.
“These applications require extremely small form factors, very high efficiency and simple designs,” said Sheoran.
The Snapdragon X35 provides a device platform that bridges the complexity and capacity gap between the extremes in today’s 5G and addresses the need for mid-tier use cases. This lower-cost option provides device manufacturers with a long-term migration path to replace LTE CAT4+ devices, ultimately increasing 5G adoption and enabling a faster transition to a unified 5G network.
In addition to Snapdragon X35, Qualcomm Technologies also announced the Snapdragon X32 5G Modem-RF System, a modem-to-antenna solution built to reduce complexity and use cost-efficient NR-Light devices.
The flexible, streamlined architecture and high-level modem RF integration deliver superior power and thermal efficiency, while a small form factor design is tailored to fit compact devices.
Snapdragon X35 offers a unique blend of data rate capabilities, power consumption, complexity, and smaller footprint needed to cost-effectively enable new use cases such as entry-level industrial IoT devices, mass-tier wired wireless access, consumer devices , mass-tier connected PCs and first-generation 5G IoT consumer devices such as direct-to-cloud glasses and premium wearables.
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