Posted on 01/31/2014 9:34:20 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Apple has managed to leave everyone behind with the world’s first 64-bit ARM architecture system-on-chip. However, if the rumours about Qualcomm’s forthcoming application processor is correct, then the world’s largest supplier of chips for mobile devices may be preparing something that will blow away not only Apple’s A7, but even Nvidia’s Tegra K1.
Qualcomm is reportedly working on Snapdragon 810 system-on-chip that boasts up to eight 64-bit custom cores with up to 4MB of cache and up to 2.50GHz frequency. The app processor also packs Adreno 430 graphics core with up to 500MHz clock-rate, LPDDR3/LPDDR4 memory controller and various special-purpose hardware designed to accelerate certain operations. It is expected that Snapdragon 810 will exist in two versions: MSM8994 with integrated baseband capabilities and APQ8094 that will be lack them. The chip is rumoured to be made using 20nm fabrication process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Specifications of the Snapdragon 810 imply that the chip will power extremely high-performance applications. However, MyDrivers and PadNews web-sites report that the chip is intended for mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and game consoles.
(Excerpt) Read more at xbitlabs.com ...
Android should scream on this...
2 1/2 paragraphs even a lawyer doesn’t understand.
“2 1/2 paragraphs even a lawyer doesn’t understand.”
That’s not saying much ;-).
Reader’s Digest version: a tablet/smartphone that will compete with desktops on speed and capability.
This is a pretty big deal.
I note the rumor is decidedly unspecific about a potential release date.
And battery life. ;)
Will it enable translation programs to be installed in hearing aids?
"Not if you eliminate the third, fifth, and sixth letters, then it's 'Red's Digest', Comrade."
Why would you saddle it with the Windows OS? Put Linux on it or better yet, Minux3 (http://www.minix3.org/)
AND ... the other foreign speakers will not allow you to speak to them until you learn the rudimentary foreign language.
The voir dire, your honor of the ipso intendo, conflicts absolutum (de facto) ... etc.
(Of COURSE I made that up ... I'm an American, I speak English ..... my uncle did not marry an insect !)
Just a few weeks ago, Qualcomm was saying we didn’t need 64-bit phone processors.
Oh well :)
Reader’s Digest should be selling these things, then ... NOW I’m interested.
They’re already doing some incredible stuff with ARM farms in datacenters. The 1 RU pizza box will be considered a “dish washer” in the very near future.
Yep. I'd love a tablet that can make my desktop look sluggish but Mr. Desktop has a power cord to help him out. Also it can't melt holes in my polyester leisure suit when I hold it on my lap. That aside, yeah, Plants Vs Zombies ought to scream...
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