February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
This morning our mailbox was stuffed with chipset news from Qualcomm. We highlighted some of the news in this one post.
New Snapdragon Mobile Chipset Family
Qualcomm has announced a new family of mobile chipsets for the Snapdragon family. The new CPU’s run up to 2.5 Ghz per core at a 65% lower power consumption compared to other ARM cores. Qualcomm will produce them in single (MSM8930), dual (MSM8960) and quad (APQ8064) core configurations spelling the presence of quad-core smartphones in 2012.
The CPU’s will integrate WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM radio’s as well as NFC support. The chips are also optimized for 3D recording and playback.
Adreno GPU Also in Quad Core Configuration
Qualcomm will also upgrade the Adreno GPU series with quad core configurations. Also these chipsets will have several optimizations for 3D and S3D gaming.
New LTE Chips
Qualcomm will also introduce new LTE chips for 4G phones. The new category 4 chips will provide connections up to a 150 Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink.
