Qualcomm Technologies today announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and 808 mobile processors, its 64-bit enabled, LTE-equipped chipsets for premium mobile computing devices.
The company will ship Snapdragon 810 and 808 processors in the second half of 2014 and expected to be available in commercial devices by the first half of 2015.
Snapdragon 810 and Snapdragon 808 processors integrate Qualcomm’s 4th Generation Cat 6 LTE Advanced multimode modem together with support for the Qualcomm RF360 Front End Solution, and support 3x20MHz Carrier Aggregation, enabling speeds of up to 300 Mbps in the broadest set of spectrum deployment configurations to date.
Qualcomm said both processors are designed in 20nm technology node with Cat 6 LTE, multimedia features and 64-bit capability, optimized for low power consumption.
Besides Qualcomm, Intel, Marvell, MediaTek and Nvidia announced their first 64-bit mobile processors at Mobile World Congress this year.
In March 2014, ABI Research said 64-bit-compliant smartphones are unlikely to hit the market before the release of the next Android update, expected in the second half of the year. By the end of 2014, ABI Research expects shipments of 64-bit mobile processors to exceed 182 million, of which only 20 percent will power Android devices.
The Snapdragon 810 processor supports rich native 4K Ultra HD interface and video, along with an upgraded camera suite using gyro-stabilization and 3D noise reduction for producing high quality 4K video at 30 frames per second and 1080p video at 120 frames per second.
Qualcomm said the combined 14-bit dual Image Signal Processors (ISPs) are capable of supporting 1.2GP/s throughput and image sensors up to 55MP. Advanced imaging software helps enable advanced mobile camera features, including enhanced exposure, white balance and fast low light focus.
The combined 64-bit quad core ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs and Cortex-A53 CPUs are designed to enable an improved user experience based on the advanced technology feature set, while implementation of the new ARMv8-A ISA enables improved instruction set efficiency.
ABI Research said majority of 64-bit mobile chips announced so far are targeted at the mid-range of the Android market and not the high-end part of it.
“A number of early adopters will initially use 64-bit as a catchy marketing strategy to communicate differentiation using ‘more-is-better’ adage previously used for promoting performance in the multi-core processor race,” said Malik Saadi, practice director at ABI Research.
Designed for 4K displays, Qualcomm Adreno 430 graphics processing unit (GPU) provides support for OpenGL ES 3.1 plus hardware tessellation, geometry shaders and programmable blending. Adreno 430 is designed to deliver up to 30 percent faster graphics performance and 100 percent faster GPGPU compute performance, while reducing power consumption by up to 20 percent, as compared to its predecessor, the Adreno 420 GPU.
The Adreno 430 GPU enables a new level of GPU security for secure composition and management of premium video and other multimedia.
The Snapdragon 810 processor introduces high speed LPDDR4 memory.
Frame buffer compression and external 4K display support via HDMI1.4.
Snapdragon 808 processor integrates the same LTE-Advanced, RF360 and Wi-Fi connectivity as the Snapdragon 810 processor and includes 2K display support. Both chipsets are software compatible with the 64-bit ARMv8-A instruction set.
Snapdragon 808 processor is designed for WQXGA (2560×1600) displays, the new Adreno 418 GPU provides support for OpenGL ES 3.1 plus hardware tessellation, geometry shaders, programmable blending. It is designed to support up to 20 percent faster graphics performance than its predecessor, the Adreno 330 GPU.
