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The next generation of 5G connectivity is here. This week Qualcomm introduced its new Snapdragon X75 chipset; which it proclaimed to be the world’s first smartphone modem to support the 5G Advanced standard.
Don’t blame yourself if you haven’t heard of 5G Advanced because it’s a brand new technology that won’t even be out until 2024 (opens in new tab). All you really need to know right now is that the new standard is meant to improve (opens in new tab) the latency, coverage, mobility and power efficiency of 5G resulting in better mobile performance overall. The purpose of this chip, according to the announcement, is to provide high-speed connectivity to “rural, suburban, and densely populated urban communities.” It seems that Qualcomm equips the new chipset with everything necessary to achieve the announced high performance.
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Speed and reliability
It features the “world’s first 10-carrier aggregation”. frequencies on the mmWave (opens in new tab) signal spectrum. Without going too deep into the super specs, carrier aggregation technology combines separate spectrums (10 in this case) into one spectrum for higher speeds. The Snapdragon X75 can also perform five-carrier aggregation for signals found on sub-6 Ghz bands. At those low frequencies, the chipset can simultaneously send and receive signals thanks to its FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) capability.
In addition to speed, the company provided reliability and long battery life. The Snapdragon X75 comes with the Qualcomm Advanced Modem-RF Software Suite to help your phone find signals in closed environments like elevators or subways.
Debuting in the chipset is Smart Transmit Gen 4 “to enable fast, reliable and long-range uploads”. Included in the fourth generation package is support for Snapdragon Satellite so devices stay connected in distant, rural areas.
Qualcomm is pairing its new 5G PowerSave Gen 4 with its RF Power Efficiency Suite to extend smartphone battery life, though the announcement doesn’t go into detail on how this will be achieved. In addition, the company combines its mmWave and sub-6 Ghz transceiver with the fifth-generation QTM565 antenna modules to reduce board complexity. [and] energy consumption.”
Everything you see here and more will find its home in the company’s other big reveal: the third-generation Qualcomm Fixed Wireless Access (opens in new tab) (FWA) Platform that adds its own performance features, such as Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7.
Availability
Now the big question is when are we going to see any of this? The answer: later this year – maybe.
According to Quaclomm, the Snapdragon X75 is currently available for “sampling” to phone manufacturers. It expects “commercial devices” with the chipset to appear sometime in the “second half of 2023”. But given that 5G Advanced won’t be released until 2024, that’s a rather hopeful prediction. Not only that, the question is whether or not phone carriers can fully support the Snapdragon X75. T-Mobile, which has the largest 5G coverage area in the US, is just getting started rollout of three-carrier aggregation (opens in new tab) for its 5G network just a few months ago. Cool tech, but it’ll be a while before we see it take off.
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