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.
This chip also has features 1080p video playback, increased when compared with the previous single-core chips are restricted to 720p. 8672 is also equipped with HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface is integrated as well as DDR2 and DDR3 memory interface.
“All the features on the chip will improve device performance and better power management,” said Frankel.