“Snapdragon X24 has been claimed to be the first chip in the market to have been built on the 7nm FinFET process”
Qualcomm on Wednesday unveiled its new LTE modem, called the Snapdragon X24, which makes it possible for devices to achieve maximum download speeds of up to 2Gbps. The company says that its new entry is “the world’s first” Category 20 LTE modem and also the first announced chip that has been built using the 7nm FinFET process.
The chipmaker says that its new Gigabit solution features the most advanced cellular features of any commercially available 4G LTE modem to date, and also strengthens the foundation for the future 5G NR multimode devices and networks.
“As the world’s first commercially announced Category 20 LTE modem supporting download speeds up to 2 Gbps, the Snapdragon X24 LTE modem delivers 2x the speed of the Company’s first generation Gigabit LTE modem,” Qualcomm said in its release. “The Snapdragon X24 supports up to 7x carrier aggregation in the downlink, as well as 4×4 MIMO on up to five aggregated LTE carriers – both mobile industry firsts – for a total of up to 20 concurrent spatial LTE streams,” it added.
Notably, Snapdragon X24 brings along support for Full Dimension Multi-Input Multi-Output (FD-MIMO), a Massive MIMO technology that is “foundational” to future 5G NR networks, as per the company. Qualcomm says that its new 2Gbps LTE modem allows for fiber-like Internet speeds delivered wirelessly. With the use of this chip, Qualcomm says that the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can possibly offer consumers immersive 360-degree videos, connected cloud computing, rich entertainment, and instant apps.
Qualcomm will be showcasing the Snapdragon X24 at MWC in Barcelona later this month in conjunction with Ericsson, Telstra and NETGEAR.
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