Chip maker Qualcomm and French IT company Thales have announced the certification of the world s first commercially deployable iSIM (Integrated SIM) on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform, enabling the functionality of a SIM within a smartphone s main processor.
The iSIM, which complies with GSMA specifications, embeds the SIM functionality into the device s main processor, allowing for greater system integration, higher performance, and increased memory capacity.