The high-end smartphones are now adopting mass dual-core processors clocked at over one gigahertz. The evolution will not stop there: Qualcomm has unveiled at MWC a Snapdragon quad-core 2.5 GHz. Krait, this is the code name for the new Snapdragon heart who will lead the next generation of processors Qualcomm.
Details of the enhancements in this new architecture are not yet known, but we hope to learn more by visiting the Qualcomm booth at MWC. It was designed for etching at 28 nm. With each heart that can reach 2.5 GHz Krait, while offering a limited consumption. Qualcomm decline in the number of SoC architecture: a single-core MSM8930, MSM8960 dual-core and a spearhead, the APQ8064 quad-core.
These SoCs will not only benefit from a better CPU, they also take on board a GPU more powerful: Adreno 305 of the MSM8930, MSM8960 Adreno and 225 of the 320 on the Adreno APQ8064. Qualcomm estimates the performance of these GPUs respectively 6 times, 8 times and 15 times higher than those of "Adreno original".
This vague reference probably means Adreno 200. Qualcomm chips currently available to best embark Adreno 205, which was given as 2 times more efficient than the 200: you should see a very significant leap in terms of graphics power. Last major improvement, these SoCs will manage two channels LP DDR2 memory, doubling the bandwidth achieved by the current Snapdragon.
All these SoCs will be engraved in 28 nm but not all will be available simultaneously. The MSM8930, simpler, will be launched in the second quarter of this year as the MSM8960 and APQ8064 complex, will be available in early 2012. 
Details of the enhancements in this new architecture are not yet known, but we hope to learn more by visiting the Qualcomm booth at MWC. It was designed for etching at 28 nm. With each heart that can reach 2.5 GHz Krait, while offering a limited consumption. Qualcomm decline in the number of SoC architecture: a single-core MSM8930, MSM8960 dual-core and a spearhead, the APQ8064 quad-core.
These SoCs will not only benefit from a better CPU, they also take on board a GPU more powerful: Adreno 305 of the MSM8930, MSM8960 Adreno and 225 of the 320 on the Adreno APQ8064. Qualcomm estimates the performance of these GPUs respectively 6 times, 8 times and 15 times higher than those of "Adreno original".
This vague reference probably means Adreno 200. Qualcomm chips currently available to best embark Adreno 205, which was given as 2 times more efficient than the 200: you should see a very significant leap in terms of graphics power. Last major improvement, these SoCs will manage two channels LP DDR2 memory, doubling the bandwidth achieved by the current Snapdragon.
All these SoCs will be engraved in 28 nm but not all will be available simultaneously. The MSM8930, simpler, will be launched in the second quarter of this year as the MSM8960 and APQ8064 complex, will be available in early 2012.
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