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The modem will support both the standalone and non-standalone specs for the 5G NR (New Radio) standard, as well as legacy support for 4G, 3G, and 2G networks all in one chipset. — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, "Intel’s new 5G modem might power Apple’s first 5G iPhones," 12 Nov. 2018 Qualcomm has begun shipping a family of 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets for both mobile and infrastructure applications that uses the new IEEE 802.11ay specification. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Qualcomm begins shipping 802.11ay silicon for mobile devices and applications, including VR and UHD video," 17 Oct. 2018 The trade-off is specs: Lenovo’s handset features a midrange Snapdragon 710 chipset alongside 6GB of RAM and a 3,350mAh battery. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "Lenovo’s Z5 Pro is a cheaper take on the slider phone trend," 1 Nov. 2018 The Commission examined internal Apple documents that showed the payments steered the company away from sourcing part of its baseband chipset requirements from Intel. — David Meyer, Fortune, "Qualcomm Just Got Fined $1.23 Billion for Illegal Payments to Apple," 24 Jan. 2018 Connectivity and performance On the connectivity front, the 855 chipset itself will feature Qualcomm’s new X24 modem — notably, not the X50 modem that will enable 5G functionality, which will be a separate add for companies that want to offer it. — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, "Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 promises big improvements to AI, performance, and connectivity," 5 Dec. 2018 Even the company's lowest-end A320 chipset supports RAM overclocking. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "AMD brings overclocking to the masses with its Ryzen B450 chipset," 31 July 2018 Those investments have helped to reduce Huawei’s reliance on Western technology but its servers, smartphones and other products still use billions of dollars’ worth of U.S., European, Japanese and other chipsets and other technology. — Joe Mcdonald, The Seattle Times, "China’s Huawei unveils chip for global big data market," 7 Jan. 2019 By comparison, one competing Huawei model, Mate 20, which was also launched last year with the latest chipsets, starts at 3,999 yuan. — Yoko Kubota, WSJ, "Apple Loses Ground to China’s Homegrown Rivals," 3 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chipset.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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