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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform Powers
Gigabit LTE and Immersive Experiences on Samsung
Galaxy S8
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced that its
premium mobile platform is powering Samsung’s latest and
most sophisticated flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy
S8, for select regions. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is powered by
the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform, featuring
the first commercial SoC manufactured using 10nm FinFET
technology, and which integrates the Snapdragon X16 LTE
modem. This powerful platform allows the Galaxy S8 to support
Gigabit LTE, for fiber-optic Internet speeds on the go, and more
consistent mobile data performance in more places. The Galaxy
S8 is the first smartphone to feature Qualcomm® TruSignal™
adaptive antenna tuning technology for carrier aggregation,
tower
(FLYCO),
where a Landing
Signal Officer on board the
carrier will control aviation
operations.
The 360-degree view for
pilots is vital as potential
obstacles on an aircraft
carrier are often behind the
pilots as they land. Over the
coming months the simulator
will be used by UK and US
military test pilots who have
experience of flying F-35s on
US carriers.
The pilots will practise thousands of ski jump short take-offs
and vertical landings that use both the vertical thrust from
the jet engine and aerodynamic lift from the wings, allowing
the aircraft to take-off and land on the carrier with increased
weapon and fuel loads compared to predecessor aircraft.
Peter ‘Wizzer’ Wilson, BAE Systems’ test pilot for the short
take-off and vertical landing variant on the F-35 programme,
said the simulator trials will provide engineers with the data
to begin flight trials on HMS Queen Elizabeth, the First of
Class aircraft carrier in 2018.
designed to deliver a more consistent voice and data experience,
indoors and outdoors. The Snapdragon 835 is roughly 35 percent
smaller in package size and consumes roughly 25 percent less
power compared to the previous generation flagship processor,
which equates to longer battery life and a thinner design. The
processor also supports next-generation immersive entertainment
experiences, such as mobile virtual reality (VR), with leading edge
still and video capture.
“We are proud to continue our long and productive collaboration
with Samsung to help bring the most advanced mobile experiences,
such as Gigabit LTE and mobile VR, to consumers with the
new Samsung Galaxy S8,” said Alex Katouzian, senior
vice president and general manager, mobile, Qualcomm
He said: “The immersive
experience is as near to
the real thing as possible.
The data will show us
exactly what will happen
when F-35 pilots fly to and
from the Queen Elizabeth
carriers. The trials we can
run through the simulator
are far more extensive than
what we will do in the actual
flight trials because we can
run and re-run each trial
until we have all the data we
need. The simulator provides greater cost efficiency for the
overall programme and is extremely important to the success
of the first flight trials.”
Over the last 15 years, BAE Systems’ flight simulation has
been used to support the design and development of the
interface between the F-35 and the UK’s next generation of
aircraft carriers.
The new simulator replaces a previous version which was first
built in the 1980s to develop technology for the Harrier jump-
jet and the Hawk advanced jet trainer before being converted
for F-35.
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