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Qualcomm unveils 1.5GHz dual-core chip for smartphones

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On August 17, 2010, 11:28 AM

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Even though they just started shipping 1.2Ghz processors in June, and we have yet to see those in a mobile phone, Qualcomm has announced it will ship the third iteration of its popular Snapdragon chip by the end of this year. The new QSD8672 should deliver a significant upgrade from the first generation Snapdragon found in such phones as the Nexus One and EVO 4G, using a smaller 45nm manufacturing process and featuring two cores operating at up to 1.5 GHz.

The ARM-based chip will use a feature Qualcomm calls individual voltage scaling, so each of the two cores can be clocked independently for better power management. Other notable features include 1080p video playback and recording, support for display resolutions up to 1440 x 900, support for HSPA+ networks up to 28Mbps down and 11Mbps up, integrated HDMI, DDR2 and DDR3 memory interfaces, as well as improved graphics performance.

Qualcomm imagines these chips going into smartphones, tablets and perhaps even netbooks -- though so far netbook manufacturers have stuck to x86 processors. In any case, devices featuring the new 1.5GHz Snapdragon processors should start rolling out sometime next year, presumably in Q1 though I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a bit longer.

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  1. August 17, 2010 11:40 AM
    Guest said:

    Very soon these phones are going to outpace older computers. I would love to see benchmarks comparing this processor to my old P4 clunker

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  2. August 17, 2010 12:04 PM
    cruza9
    cruza9 said:

    Maybe they should start implementing 3D on smartphones.

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  3. August 17, 2010 12:19 PM
    TorturedChaos, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

    From the looks of those specs it has out paced my 5 year old laptop :P

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  4. August 17, 2010 12:19 PM
    princeton
    princeton said:

    Other notable features include 1080p video playback and recording, support for display resolutions up to 1440 x 900,

    Isn't that somewhat contradictory? You can't really watch a 1080p video on a screen lower than 1920x1080.

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  5. August 17, 2010 12:34 PM
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    Matthew
    Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

    Princeton, if the device has video output you could watch 1080p video on an external display.

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  6. August 17, 2010 2:55 PM
    casperinmd said:

    Awesome! With my 1ghz on my Evo and 6 hours of heavy phone/data use, with a dual core 1.5ghz I will get 25 minutes of use!

    Seriously, it is not the CPU speed we need to be concerned with here, we need to push the battery folks to engineer up some new technology to keep up.

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