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Microsoft’s Surface Pro X seems to be a very divisive device. Being the only current generation Surface product powered by an Arm-based processor, it thrusts its users directly into the world of WoA: Windows on Arm – and all of the caveats that exist there. It is not too often we see Microsoft do a mid-cycle refresh, but the Surface Pro X gets to be the exception here as well. Today Microsoft is announcing some new updates to the Surface Pro X to make it faster, and flashier. Microsoft Surface Pro X Component Pro X CPU Micorosft SQ1 Microsoft SQ2 Memory 8 / 16 GB LPDDR4x Display 13-inch PixelSense 2800 x 1920 (267 PPI) 3:2 aspect, 10-point multitouch Storage 128 / 256 / 512 GB removable SSD Wireless Wi-Fi 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE Bluetooth 5.0 I/O 2 x USB Type-C Gen 2 Surface Connect nano...
Broadcom Teases Upcoming Cat 6 LTE Multimode Modem, M320 SoC with LTE
Last year at CES we took a look at Broadcom's LTE modem portfolio, where the company showed off a Cat 4 LTE baseband doing 10+10 MHz carrier aggregation, before...
18 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2014
A Look at Sequans Single Mode LTE Baseband
Verizon completed its LTE coverage rollout and achieved nearly parity with its 3G EVDO coverage in 2013, in addition to green-lighting LTE-only devices with its newest RFPs, allowing a...
3 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2014
A Look At Altair's Single Mode LTE Modem in the Ellipsis 7
I met with a number of LTE baseband makers at CES 2014, the first of which was Altair Semiconductor, who recently scored an interesting design win with Verizon's first...
3 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2014
Sprint Announces Spark - Its Tri-Band LTE Network
Today Sprint announced the official name for its new tri-band LTE network, Sprint Spark. For those who have been following operator rollouts of LTE in the US, today's announcement...
33 by Brian Klug on 10/30/2013
Intel XMM7160 LTE Modem Demonstrated on Live Network
Intel's lone ranger and Principal Engineer Francois Piednoel last night sent out an interesting tweet for anyone following Intel's XMM7160 LTE modem development. Francois posted a video showing LTE...
11 by Brian Klug on 9/11/2013
Intel Talks about Multimode LTE Modems - XMM7160 and Beyond
Since acquiring Infineon's wireless division and forming the Mobile Communications Group, Intel has been relatively quiet about its modem portfolio and roadmap. Pre-acquisition parts from Infineon have continued to...
39 by Brian Klug on 8/20/2013
Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles
Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning. The original source...
40 by Brian Klug on 6/6/2013
Apple to Ship Updated A1428 iPhone 5 With AWS WCDMA Enabled for T-Mobile USA
Back when I did my Qualcomm modems and transceivers piece, I gained a deeper understanding about the cellular RF engineering side of the handset puzzle. Specifically, how an OEM...
31 by Brian Klug on 3/26/2013
A Look at Broadcom's BCM21892 LTE Baseband at MWC
Yesterday we stopped by Broadcom to look at their newly announced BCM21892 LTE baseband, which we saw teased previously at CES doing a VoLTE call. If you're not famliar...
8 by Brian Klug on 2/27/2013
A Look at ST-Ericsson's THOR M7450 Category 4 LTE Modem with Carrier Aggregation
Earlier this morning we stopped by ST-Ericsson to talk about their SoCs and modem platforms, and took a look at their new Thor M7450 baseband which includes both support...
15 by Brian Klug on 2/26/2013
NVIDIA Tegra 4 Architecture Deep Dive, Plus Tegra 4i, Icera i500 & Phoenix Hands On
Ever since NVIDIA arrived on the SoC scene, it has done a great job of introducing its ultra mobile SoCs. Tegra 2 and 3 were both introduced with a...
75 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 2/24/2013
NVIDIA Announces Tegra 4i, Formerly Project Grey, With Integrated LTE and Phoenix Reference Design
It has been a while since we’ve heard anything about Project Grey, the first NVIDIA SoC with an integrated digital baseband, and the result of NVIDIA’s acquisition of soft-modem...
21 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/19/2013
Nexus 4 JDQ39 4.2.2 OTA Update Removes Unofficial LTE on Band 4
Just after it launched, we discussed how the Nexus 4 included undocumented support for LTE on Band 4 (AWS) which could be enabled simply by choosing the appropriate RAT...
18 by Brian Klug on 2/13/2013
Broadcom Announces BCM21892 - Their First 4G LTE-Advanced Baseband
It was teased at this year's CES demonstrating VoLTE calls, we saw it working in a reference design, and today, Broadcom is finally ready to make their first LTE-enabled...
17 by Brian Klug on 2/12/2013
CES 2013 LTE Throughput Face-Off - AT&T versus Verizon Wireless
Last year I ran a series of speedtests on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless LTE during CES, the results of which were pretty interesting. My friends continue to poke...
25 by Brian Klug on 1/13/2013
LTE Broadcast (EMBMS) Shown Running on Verizon's Band 4 LTE on Qualcomm Hardware
Another demo I was impressed by at the Qualcomm booth was LTE Broadcast (EMBMS - Evolved Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service) demonstrated on a live test network showing an...
1 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Qualcomm Demos Category 4 LTE (150 Mbps) running on Snapdragon 800 / MSM8974
At Qualcomm's booth among a number of other Snapdragon 800 (the newly-announced SoC formerly or also known as MSM8974) demos was one that caught my attention. Qualcomm setup a...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Broadcom Teases its first LTE-enabled Baseband with VoLTE Demo
I dropped by Broadcom during CES, and while we've already covered most of what they had to show off, one of the things which immediately caught my eye was...
2 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4 (AWS)
I noted in my review of the LG/Google Nexus 4 that the device included hardware necessary for LTE on at least some of its bands, namely bands 1 (2100...
50 by Brian Klug on 11/23/2012
Why the iPhone 5 Lacks Support for Simultaneous Voice and LTE or EVDO (SVLTE, SVDO)
So we've seen the new iPhone, and had a chance to briefly play with it at the demo room, but as I've learned in the past so many times...
90 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2012
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