News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Code execution as root via AT commands on the Quectel EG25-G modem (2021). Parent comment

Re:Code execution as root via AT commands on the Quectel EG2... by solarkraft on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:42AM (#30313582)
Do they need all that power? Sounds like it's more of an SoC with a modem than just a modem. Why then have another processor?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Code execution as root via AT commands on the Quectel EG2... by electricant on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:51AM (#30320340)
The market for cellular modules is very competitive. From a time to market point of view is cheaper and faster to reuse smartphone-grade socs instead of reinventing the wheel.

As far as I know, only u-blox is producing their own SoC (albeit for cat-m/nb-iot only) all the others are using existing solutions from Qualcomm and others.

This is only scratching the surface. I did not talk about certification which is another beast altogether.

[ Parent | on HN ]