Qualcomm Unveils the First 10-Gigabit 5G Modem (engadget.com) 12
Qualcomm has unveiled the X65, what it says is the "world's first" 10-gigabit 5G modem. Engadget reports: While that's not hugely faster than the 7.5Gbps of the X60, it promises a speed that was previously reserved for Ethernet and other wired connections. The X65 also boasts some helpful functional improvements, including AI-based antenna tuning that better responds to hand grips. You'll also find better power-saving measures and a newer "Smart Transmit" system that boots upload speeds and overall coverage.
The X65 is currently sampling to customers and should reach shipping devices in 2021, although Qualcomm didn't name customers. Don't count on it reaching many phones, at least not at first. [...] While it will support "premium smartphone experiences," you're more likely to see it used in laptops, fixed 5G broadband or similar areas where a separate modem isn't an issue.
The X65 is currently sampling to customers and should reach shipping devices in 2021, although Qualcomm didn't name customers. Don't count on it reaching many phones, at least not at first. [...] While it will support "premium smartphone experiences," you're more likely to see it used in laptops, fixed 5G broadband or similar areas where a separate modem isn't an issue.
Power and Safety specs? (Score:2)
Does anyone have the power consumption specs for this implementation? The article is pretty brief.
And just how safe is this stuff anyway? I see 5G base station gear having all kinds of warnings pasted on them -- doesn't this apply to the mobile station as well?
Re:Power and Safety specs? (Score:4, Informative)
It is generally very safe. If you work in a building with a base station bolted right outside your office, you should probably check the safety labels. And you should avoid prolonged deep-throating of your cell phone, because that might expose your brainstem to higher levels of radio waves than safety authorities usually consider, but even that should be safe unless your phone somehow falls back to 2G transmissions.
Mobile stations are very limited in their transmit power. Mobile equipment transmits much, much weaker signals than the base stations do -- that is why the base station has huge receive antennas as well as huge transmit antennas. If you want, you can read the limits for 5G in 3GPP TS 38.101-1 and -2, section 6.2.1 in each document. Handheld equipment is Power Class 3, with a maximum total radiated power of 23 dBm -- really meaning 200 milliwatts. (2G had limits up to 2 W, which is why I mentioned it above.) Compare to sunlight at 1.4 kW per square meter, or 14 W (41 dBm) for a square with 10 cm sides.
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What Is The Latency? (Score:2)
Hopefully it is low.
FINALLY! (Score:2)
I've really been sick of waiting several seconds to blow past my data plan's monthly allotment. Now I can finally get billed $3000/hr when my streaming app decides the data buffer is a data buffet! Thanks, Qualcomm!
Network Management after 22 GB (Score:2)
The industry standard in the US is even for "unlimited" plans, you get "network management" or throttling after 22 GB. So... you blow past your 22 GB soft limit in a few seconds/minutes with your 10 Gbit connection, then you either get 256 Kbps for the rest of the month, or your data is deprioritized below customers who have used less than 22 GB this month, usually resulting in you getting approximately 3G speeds.
The tech is years ahead of what the carriers are prepared to actually sell us in terms of servi
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It's aspirational. And besides the carriers love the idea of you spending 98% of your month being charged at the overage rate.
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It's 2021.
I have 4G unlimited data (stated "fair use" of 1000GBytes a month, which I consider reasonable). So much that I have two, one in my phone, one running my entire house, and no other Internet connections. I pay GBP15 a month for each.
Granted, I don't know of a 5G unlimited tariff yet, but that's because I don't have a 5G phone so I don't really care - and given that all my Internet at home, including pushing content to friends and family, is provided by a single 4G connection while I'm using it fo
It's great to be able to download DOZENS of movies (Score:2)
... in a few minutes, even though nobody lets you download a dozen movies at once (except possibly illegal torrents)
I'd love wireless 10G for mobile servers, but what's the consumer application for that?
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That's the common misunderstanding about these speeds.
10Gbps is divided by all users/devices connected to a given base tower. Devices are receiving at 10 Gbps, but only for vewry short timeslots - TDMA means "Time Division, Multiple Access". So if you're the only user connected to the tower, congrats, you have all slots to yourself and can get those 10Gbps. But in a normal city environment there will be thousands of devices, with hundreds sharing a frequency band at any given point - so you get Mbits, not G