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Qualcomm Plans New Windows 8 Form Factors With Snapdragon S4

Qualcomm, the chip maker whose Snapdragon mobile processors fuel hundreds of smartphones from OEMs including HTC, Samsung, and Nokia (NYSE:NOK), is gearing up to launch a mix of new and traditional form factors running Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT)’s upcoming Windows 8 OS, according Qualcomm Vice President of Marketing Tim McDonough.



AnandTech – Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (Krait) Performance Preview – 1.5 GHz MSM8960 MDP and Adreno 225 Benchmarks

Today we’re finally able to give you an indication of just how fast Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon S4 will be.



Asus Padfone Officiel : le smartphone hybride

Le Padfone est donc un smartphone sous Android ICS 4.x qui offre un écran Super AMOLED de 4,3″ avec une résolution qHD, un processeur Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.5Ghz avec un chipset graphique Adreno 225 un APN de 8MPx avec une ouverture de f2.2 et flash LED, une camera visio VGA, une capacité de 16Go, 32Go ou 64Go, un port microSD, le Bluetooth 4.0, une sortie HDMI, un aGPS, le Wifi, la 3G et une batterie de 1520mAh.



How Snapdragon S4 Differs From Tegra 3 (Kal-El)

The new Snapdragons will have a dedicated voltage plane and clock frequency for each core which is called Asynchronous Symmetrical Multi-Processing (aSMP). As the demands on a system change, the SoC can alter the power of each core to find the most efficient voltage and speed, even going so far as to completely shut off some cores. Qualcomm cites internal testing that shows a 25-40% reduction in power usage over other chips.



Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor details revealed

The Krait CPU will bring a new pipeline architecture and promises a whole 60% boost over the current Qualcomm Scorpion line. Clock speeds rang from 1.5 to 2.5GHz — this being notable since the highest rated processor speed on a CPU for ANY mobile device thus far has been 1.5GHz out of the box. Hackers have seen to it that devices have gone beyond this behind the scenes, but not on the mass market. These new speeds come aside asynchronous multiprocessing and dual-channel memory.



Qualcomm’s 2.5 GHz quad-core chips coming in 2012

Earlier this year chip-maker Qualcomm announced plans to launch a line of super-fast processors with clock speeds as high as 2.5 GHz. Now the company says those chips will start showing up in smartphones and tablets early next year.
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