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Qualcomm announces dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPUs
The new processors will add support for 1080p video playback, 24-bit WXGA 1280x800 displays, OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 visual effects, and low-power GPS and audio engines. The MSM8260 is for HSPA+ networks (that's AT&T and T-Mobile in the US, namely), while the MSM8660 is designed for multi-mode HPSA+/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B networks.
The company's MSM8260 and MSM8660 chips run at up to 1.2GHz and can boost all-around performance by dedicating a processing core to background tasks – old news for full-fledged computers but an exciting proposition for smartphones as they increasingly become multitasking devices.
The new parts could also find their way into smartbooks and tablets as well, and the company says it's "excited by the innovation our customers are already showing as they begin designing products based on our dual core MSM8260 and MSM8660 chipsets."
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This new dual core is slower than the QSD8672 dual-core, which supposedly boasts 1.5GHz in each core. So how come they are announcing a slower model like it's the big thing?
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The 1.5GHz chip is also recognized in the company's press release (first link in the article).
Third-generation products: MSM8260, MSM8660 and QSD8672 with dual-CPU architecture featuring enhanced cores running at up to 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz, respectively
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Puiu said:
I'm amazed at how fast smart-phones (and similar devices) are evolving. Hopefully, by 2015 they will be more powerful than current generation laptops or close to that.
But i'm still waiting for paper like devices to appear on the market. Those are the future. (and halo's)
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