Yahoo Finance Qualcomm (QCOM) Offers Snapdragon 7+ for Superior Performance
Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM recently introduced Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 for mobile platform to upscale performance and ensure greater power efficiency. Leading smartphone manufacturers such as Redmi and Realme will likely induct this in their commercial devices from this month. Leveraging Snapdragon X62 5G Modem-RF System, it provides greater bandwidth connectivity and boosts up to 4.4 Gbps download speed. The 5G/4G Dual-Sim Dual Active (DSDA) technology lets users to utilize two SIM cards to differentiate their personal and professional interactions.
The newly-released series ensures a more realistic gaming experience for end users and the Auto Variable Rate Shading (VRS) delivers greater power efficiency and enhanced capabilities. Integrated AI improves visual quality, gaming scenes and graphics and boosts performance by 40%. It also leverages Qualcomm Sensing Hub, an efficient AI processor that provides contextual awareness and enhances the audio.
The Qualcomm Kryo improves CPU speed up to 2.91 GHz, indicating a 50% advancement in performance. The Qualcomm Adreno GPU (Graphics processing unit) accelerates graphics rendering, and Qualcomm aptX ensures better gaming sound quality. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 also improves the photography and videography capabilities. The 18-bit Triple ISP significantly enhances the clarity in low light captures, allows customers to capture more images, and improves 4K HDR videography. The company’s customer-oriented approach of innovation is helping it secure more design wins and expand its customer base.
Qualcomm is one of the largest wireless chipset manufacturers based on baseband technology. The company focuses on retaining its leadership in 5G, the chipset market and mobile connectivity with several technological achievements and innovative product launches. It is likely to help users experience a seamless transition to super-fast 5G networks, delivering low-power resilient multi-gigabit connectivity with unprecedented range and Qualcomm's best-in-class security. This would further offer the flexibility and scalability needed for broad and fast 5G adoption through accelerated commercialization by OEMs.
Qualcomm is reportedly the only chipset vendor with 5G system-level solutions spanning sub-6 and millimeter wave bands and one of the largest RF (radio frequency) front-end suppliers with design wins across all premium-tier smartphone customers. Qualcomm believes that it is on track to become the largest smartphone RF front-end supplier by revenues in the near future.
Shares of the company have lost 22.4% in the past year compared with the industry’s decline of 18.9%.
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Qualcomm currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Juniper is a leading provider of networking solutions and communication devices. The company develops, designs and sells products that help build a network infrastructure for services and applications based on a single Internet protocol network worldwide. The company caters to the networking needs of enterprises, public sector organizations and service providers across the globe.
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It continues to benefit from strong momentum and diversification across its top verticals and product lines. The company has a software-driven, data-centric approach to help customers build their cloud architecture and enhance their cloud experience. It is well-poised for growth in data-driven cloud networking business with proactive platforms and predictive operations. Arista has introduced network observability software, DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), on its switching platforms for enterprise-wide traffic visibility and contextual insights.
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The company’s excellent global business model, which is flexible and adaptable to evolving changes in markets, helps it to beat challenges and maximize growth. Its operating model is backed by a rapidly growing and highly engaged community of service providers, distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators and corporate IT professionals.
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