Qualcomm's next-gen mobile processor for phones: Quad-core, up to 2.5 Ghz

[Cry Havoc]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/qualcomm-unveils-next-gen-snapdragon-family-including-quad-core/

Not one to let the name Snapdragon down, Qualcomm's gone and announced a much faster generation of the processor family, with speeds up to 2.5GHz per core. The multi-core (one, two, and four) 28nm chipsets, codenamed Krait, will feature WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and FM, support NFC and stereoscopic 3D video / photo (capture and playback), and also boast multi-mode LTE modem integration. Qualcomm claims a performance increase of 150 percent and a power consumption drop of 65 percent over current ARM-based CPU cores. Included is a new Adreno 320 GPU with support of up to four 3D cores. Samples for the dual-core MSM8960 will be avialable in second quarter this year, while single-core MSM8930 and quad-core APQ8063 (for "computing and entertainment devices" -- i.e. tablets) versions are coming early 2012. The power-crazed products housing these chipsets? You'll have to wait even longer to see those.

:wow

If this is true, then by middle to late next year we could see mobile handsets more powerful than most laptops have been up until very recently. :wow

[Slydragon]

I'm just going to upgrade the ram on my current phone to keep up next year. :king

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm just going to upgrade the ram on my current phone to keep up next year. :king

What would that be? Your phone, that is.

[Slydragon]

Samsung Epic...and my post was a joke.

[koriwhat]

that's fuckin' insane!

[Nathan Explosion]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/qualcomm-unveils-next-gen-snapdragon-family-including-quad-core/

Not one to let the name Snapdragon down, Qualcomm's gone and announced a much faster generation of the processor family, with speeds up to 2.5GHz per core. The multi-core (one, two, and four) 28nm chipsets, codenamed Krait, will feature WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and FM, support NFC and stereoscopic 3D video / photo (capture and playback), and also boast multi-mode LTE modem integration. Qualcomm claims a performance increase of 150 percent and a power consumption drop of 65 percent over current ARM-based CPU cores. Included is a new Adreno 320 GPU with support of up to four 3D cores. Samples for the dual-core MSM8960 will be avialable in second quarter this year, while single-core MSM8930 and quad-core APQ8063 (for "computing and entertainment devices" -- i.e. tablets) versions are coming early 2012. The power-crazed products housing these chipsets? You'll have to wait even longer to see those.

:wow

If this is true, then by middle to late next year we could see mobile handsets more powerful than most laptops have been up until very recently. :wow

Yeah, but the pocketbook won't like the price of such a phone very much. I can only imagine how much the full cost would be for such a phone. And I know it's not going to cost $200 with a new contract.

Still, wow.