Qualcomm - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

ANSWER: Snapdragon X50

Explanation:
San Diego based mobile chip giant Qualcomm announced it will be launching the world’s first 5G modem called Snapdragon X50

• The chip can support download speeds on the smartphone of up to 5GB per second
• The average 4G download speed in the US is 9 megabits per second short of the global average of 13.5 Mbps
• Once cellular networks start offering phones access to GB level download speeds, the devices will evolve in interesting manner
• They may be able to access data in cloud more faster than retrieving data from the flash storage of the device
• Qualcomm also indicated it will start sending samples to customers in the second half of 2017 and phones with the modem inside will start shipping in early 2018
• South Korean carrier KT will be the first to launch the 5G network for the 2018 Winter Olympics in India
• The LTE network might improve in time
• The company will also launch the world’s first gigabit speed device for an LTE network
• The LTE hotspot will provide users with download speeds of up to 1 Gbps
• The next generation mobile network called 5G or fifth generation many years from becoming a reality

ANSWER: Ark Robot

Explanation:
Qualcomm Inc through venture investment company Qualcomm Ventures and DIPP has announced the winner of the QPrize-Make in India contest to be Bengaluru based Ark Robot.
This company will receive INR 2 crore in investment from Qualcomm. It uses Machine Vision Systems, AI and Swarm intelligence to provide logistics solutions through robotics. The panel comprised Amitabh Kant (secretary, DIPP) Kris Gopalakrishnan, (co-founder, Infosys), Ravi Gururaj, (founder & CEO - QikPod.com & chairman, NASSCOM Product Council), Sunil Lalvani, (president, Qualcomm India) and Karthee Madasamy, (vice-president, Qualcomm Ventures India).