Now many people are very familiar with 5G mobile phones. When the mobile signal logo in the upper right corner of their mobile phone changes from 4G to 5G, the experience of surfing the Internet and connecting becomes different. For ordinary consumers, the most intuitive feeling of 5G is "fast". But what many people don't know is that we can get the extremely fast connection experience on the mobile phone because of the 5G baseband driver inside the mobile phone.
When it comes to 5G baseband, you can never get around Qualcomm . This company, which is known for its wireless connection technology, has an absolute lead in the baseband chip that other companies can hardly expect. From 2G all the way, Qualcomm has provided high-quality connection technology services for countless terminal devices. In the 5G era, Qualcomm has accumulated thick and thin, and has become the technology holder at the top of 5G connections.
So what exactly is the baseband? What role does the baseband play in the mobile phone? In short, the baseband is an important module responsible for mobile Internet access and phone calls. Whether it is 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G to connect to the mobile network, without the baseband, there is no way to achieve it. Therefore, if a mobile phone does not have baseband support, it will become a small tablet that can only be connected to WIFI, and there is not much use value.
Therefore, the baseband chip is very important to the mobile phone and is the core part of the entire mobile phone. However, there are not many baseband manufacturers in the world, especially the 5G baseband because it also supports the most advanced fifth-generation communication connection, so there are only a handful of 5G baseband manufacturers in the world. Among the five companies, Qualcomm is the first manufacturer to start 5G baseband research and development and launch 5G baseband products. As early as 2016, Qualcomm launched the world's first 5G baseband, named Snapdragon X50 .
Five years ago, almost all countries have not yet started commercial use of 5G, and 5G is more often reported in the news media. It feels that we are still far away from our lives. At that time, Qualcomm had clearly realized the importance of 5G.When developing the 5G baseband, it also provided technical support for the two important 5G standards, Sub-6 and millimeter wave. At that time, many people still didn't quite understand why Qualcomm must be obsessed with millimeter wave, which is very technically difficult. Isn't it easier to support Sub-6 alone? !
In the past two years, this questioning voice has been reduced a lot, because people have seen the many advantages and wide applicability of millimeter waves. In terms of realizing the ultimate mission of 5G empowering everything, it is not a millimeter wave. The low latency, large bandwidth, and high rate of millimeter wave are excellent promoters for realizing 5G industrial applications. Now the 5G deployment in various countries is gradually tilting towards millimeter wave. When the actual application needs millimeter wave support to achieve, it is discovered that there are very few baseband manufacturers that can have millimeter wave connections.
And 5G technology comprehensive Qualcomm , its product advantages are highlighted. Starting from Qualcomm's first-generation 5G baseband Snapdragon X50, to Qualcomm’s fourth-generation 5G baseband Snapdragon X65 released earlier this year, each generation of 5G baseband products can support both Sub-6 and millimeter wave frequency bands. Even based on the Snapdragon X65 and its corresponding millimeter wave antenna module, Qualcomm has also achieved the integration of the two important standards of Sub-6 and millimeter wave. Now more and more terminal manufacturers will give priority to Qualcomm's 5G baseband when building 5G equipment. Some major mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple , even if they have their own mobile chip , they still choose Qualcomm Snapdragon in terms of 5G baseband.
According to statistics, Qualcomm continued to lead the baseband chip market with a 52% revenue share in the second quarter of 2021. In terms of 5G baseband, it led the 5G baseband chip market with a shipment share of 68%. In absolute terms, Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G baseband shipments have exceeded 100 million for three consecutive quarters. Some analysts believe that Qualcomm's 5G driving force will continue to grow.
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