Collection: The world's first 5G advanced-ready modem-RF system

Introduction

Qualcomm introduced the world's first 5G Advanced-ready modem-RF system, Snapdragon X75, in February 2023. Snapdragon X75 is unlocking a new phase in cellular communications, with the first-to-launch features including the support for upcoming 5G Advanced capabilities and AI hardware acceleration, and also breakthrough 5G performance and unmatched spectrum flexibility.

Snapdragon X75 first introduces the advanced features such as 5G Advanced-ready to push the boundaries of connectivity

As the world's first 5G Advanced-ready modem-RF system, Snapdragon X75 introduces a new architecture, a new software suite and includes numerous world’s first features to push the boundaries of connectivity including coverage, latency, power efficiency and mobility. Snapdragon X75 is the first modem-RF system with a dedicated hardware tensor accelerator, enabling over 2.5 times better AI performance compared to the previous generation product, and supporting higher-order matrix processing and more complex AI models.

Besides, Snapdragon X75 enables many advanced features, including the world’s first 10-carrier aggregation for mmWave, 5x downlink carrier aggregation and FDD uplink MIMO for Sub-6 GHz bands, converged transceiver for mmWave and Sub6 GHz, advanced modem-RF software suite further improving sustained performance across user scenarios, 5G/4G Dual Data on two SIM cards simultaneously.

Snapdragon X75 expands the advanced 5G technologies to all kinds of devices and many industries

Today, digitization is a key factor of production in the global digital economy, and 5G is an important infrastructure for digital society. 5G Advanced, the second phase of 5G evolution, will support capabilities beyond data communications that can further enhance user experiences.

In February 2023, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X75-based globally certified reference design. Just in two weeks after the launch of Snapdragon X75, many Chinese companies including Quectel, MeiG, and Fibocom have unveiled 5G modules powered by Snapdragon X75.

Building on close collaboration between Qualcomm and its Chinese ecosystem partners, Snapdragon X75 is expanding the advanced 5G technologies and features to all kinds of devices and many industries. Snapdragon X75 empowers a wide spectrum of use cases including smartphones, mobile broadband, automotive, compute, industrial IoT, FWA , and 5G private networks to rapidly move towards 5G Advanced.

Snapdragon X75 sets the example of "basic enabling connectivity platform" - to empower industrial digitalization and upgrading

5G is a key driver for accelerating industrial structure optimization and upgrading as well as spurring high-quality economic development. As a basic enabling connectivity platform, Snapdragon X75 will spark the next phase of 5G.

From the perspective of technology improvement, 5G Advanced will increase bandwidth speed and connection density of 5G by 10 times respectively, and further reduce latency by 10 times. Snapdragon X75 first introduces future-proof 5G features such as 5G Advanced and enables rapid adoption of new 5G Advanced features with a software-upgradeable architecture. Snapdragon X75 is the first modem-RF system with a dedicated hardware tensor accelerator, and it introduces 5G AI suite, further unleashing the innovation potential and application value of "improving 5G performance with AI technologies".

From the perspective of industrial upgrading, 5G has developed into a new phase of application development at scale four years after its commercialization in China, and has become a driving force to empower industries and promote high-quality economic and social development. With Snapdragon X75, Qualcomm provides a powerful connectivity platform and works with ecosystem partners from a wide range of industries to jointly facilitate industrial structure upgrading and digital transformation.

Snapdragon X75 achieves the world's fastest 5G speed with Sub-6 GHz bands, and sets a record for carrier aggregation

Snapdragon X75's advanced 5G capabilities of 4x carrier aggregation (CA) on TDD bands and 1024 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) enable a 7.5 Gbps downlink speed with a 5G standalone network configuration, setting the world's fastest 5G speed record with Sub-6 GHz spectrum.

Besides, Snapdragon X75 achieves the world's first simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation for FDD spectrum, paving the way for the future of 5G performance and flexibility.