Snapdragon X50 5G Modem Is Now Official

Alongside Snapdragon 636, Qualcomm Technologies has announced the Snapdragon X50 5G modem chipset for mobile devices at the Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong.

Snapdragon X50 mmWave 5G smartphone reference design

Executive Vice President of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Cristiano Amon has delivered the good news that Qualcomm have achieved the first-announced successful demonstration of a 5G data connection on a single-chip 5G modem w/ the Snapdragon X50.

The Snapdragon X50 5G modem chips achieved over 1 Gbps download speed in their tests using multiple 5G carriers. In addition, Qualcom was also able to successfully establish an over-the-air connection using a tiny 28 GHz mmWave antenna module.

Qualcomm used the mmWave 5G smartphone reference design in order to test and optimize 5G mmWave performance within the constraints of a mobile form factor.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem family is expected to arrive on 5G mobile devices this first half of 2019!

Source: Qualcomm