Qualcomm announced 3 brand new chipsets in MWC this
year. First in the line is the Snapdragon 801 (MSM 8974AC), minor update over
Snapdragon 800. The CPU clock speed is raised from current 2.26 GHz to 2.45 GHz
along with the GPU clock speed that is 578 MHz from 450 MHz and the memory bus
from 800 MHz to 933 MHz
Other than the minor changes Snapdragon 801 also
features eMMC 5.0 standards that will enable use of faster embedded flash
storage like SanDisk iNAND Extreme. Snapdragon 801 features LTE cat 4 with
DS-DA tech (Dual Sim, Dual Active).
And other two are Snapdragon 615 (MSM 8936) and
Snapdragon 610 (MSM 8939) in Snapdragon 600 line up. Both the SoCs support LTE
and are based on 64-bit ARM v8 architecture. Both the chipsets are built on 28
nm LP process and sport Cortex A53 cores.
While Snapdragon 615 is an Octa-core chip with 8 ARM
Cortex A53 and the Snapdragon 610 is a quad-core chipset. Both the chipsets
have same Adreno 405 GPU unlike the previously announced 64-bit Snapdragon 410
chipset that has Adreno 306 GPU. The 8 core Snapdragon 615 is built on two
quad-core clusters, both the clusters have different duties to perform, one
cluster is optimized for low power operation while other cluster is optimized for
high performance.
"Qualcomm
Technologies is redefining the user experience for high-end mobile devices by
amassing the unparalleled trilogy of an industry-leading LTE modem, 64-bit
multi core processing, and superior multimedia. 64-bit processing capabilities
are now an industry requirement for this tier, and we are meeting our
customers’ needs with both octa- and quad-core configurations, as well as
bringing our superior Adreno 405 graphics and powerful suite of connectivity
technologies to the Snapdragon 600 family of chipsets" - declared
Murthy Renduchintala, executive vice president of Qualcomm Technologies.
Some other Key spaces of Snapdragon 615 and
Snapdragon 610 are:
·
3rd generation LTE modem with
LTE – broadcast and LTE DS-DA
·
Qualcomm Technologies’ RF 360 Front End
Solution for single 5 mode global LTE SKU
·
3G HSPA+ (up to 42 MBPS), CDMA and
TD-SCDMA
·
Adreno 405 GPU with DirectX 11.2, OpenGL
ES 3.0 and OpenCL 1.2
·
Supports up to Quad HD(2560x1600p)
displays
·
Miracast support for wireless streaming
of multimedia content
·
Embedded H.265 hardware decoder
·
Integrated Qualcomm VIVE 802.11 ac Wi-Fi
and Buletooth 4.1 solutions.
·
eMMC Interface – 4.5
It is expected to see many major flagship devices
running Snapdragon 801 in this MWC and according to Qualcomm the Snapdragon 615
and Snapdragon 610 running Smartphone will be commercially available in the
fourth quarter this year.
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