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

[Cry Havoc]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/q...ing-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.



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.

[Slydragon]

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

[Viva Las Espuelas]

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

What would that be? Your phone, that is.

[Slydragon]

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

[koriwhat]

that's in' insane!

[Nathan Explosion]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/q...ing-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.



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.

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.