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Qualcomm is preparing the latest generation chipsets on their boards, Snapdragon. It is said that this chip will carry a number of new technology that puts the quality of graphics.
System on Chip (SoC) Snapdragon first introduced in 2008 in two variants namely QSD8650 and QSD8250. Until now, the chips continue to be developed until the final version of the MSM8660 which has a dual core with Adreno 220 graphics card in it. Seeing a long journey, Qualcomm claimed is preparing the latest generation chip that has a few advantages of its predecessor.
“Snapdragon next generation will use the dual core to quad core. performances reached 12 times higher than currently exist,“ says Dan Novak, VP of Global Marketting, Communication and PR Qualcom, in Penang Bistro,
They say this generation of new chips can be found on the market in early 2012. A number of leading mobile phone vendor was allegedly going to enthusiastically welcome the arrival of this product, especially of offers fresh features from previous generations. Read the rest of this entry »
After a delay, Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon finally ready to ship. Processor chipset which is claimed to have the fastest ability to smartphones and tablet computers is scheduled to slide this end of the year 2010. Vice President of Product Management Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said Mark Frankel, Snapdragon QSD8672 dual-core processors will be shipped with the CPU (Central Processing Unit) core running at capacity up to 1.5 GHz.
“This chip can be used to smartphones, tablets and cheap laptop (netbook),” Frankel said as quoted from PC World.
Described by him, this chip is the latest series of dual-core chip Snapdragon. Unlike the MSM8660 series which began shipping in the second quarter, 8672 is claimed to have a faster processor. 8672 is the processor in the chip design is made using Arm and 45-nanometer process. Series 8672 has a feature called voltage scaling individual so that each CPU can be ‘locked’ independently from each other. For example, when one of the central CPU is idle, the other CPU can still operate at full speed, so it will be very helpful in controlling power consumption. Read the rest of this entry »