Thursday, September 6, 2007
New Qualcomm Chipset Brings Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "HARDWARE" @ 03:00 AM
"The microprocessor currently being sampled is a 1GHz chip that uses between 250 milliwatts and 500 milliwatts of power, he said. Intel's best processor for ultramobile PCs is A110, which runs at 800MHz and uses 3 watts of power. The SnapDragon chipset also contains a 600MHz digital signal processor, and offers connectivity to mobile broadband technologies including CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000), 1xEVDO (Evolution-Data Only), HSDPA/HSUPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access/High Speed Uplink Packet Access) as well as mobile TV, Bluetooth, GPS (Global Positioning System), and WLAN (wireless-LAN)."
The Scorpion processor used on the Snapdragon chipset is ARM-based, just like the Intel/Marvell chips currently used to power all Windows Mobile devices, so this is a significant challenge to Marvell and a big boost in capabilities. I'm not sure the comparison to Intel's McCaslin platform is warranted however, because the clock speeds aren't directly comparable and the instruction set is completely different. Nevertheless, this chipset could be used as the basis for a new generation of mobile devices and Intel's new MID class of devices - given manufacturing and development lead times, look for new devices powered by this chipset by the middle of next year. In related news, HTC will be using Qualcomm chips onboard at least 10 devices to be released by the end of the year , with some of them being targeted for the US. There appears to be no problems with these new devices in relation to the import ban on certain Qualcomm chips, which would seem to imply that none of these are EVDO capable.
The Scorpion processor used on the Snapdragon chipset is ARM-based, just like the Intel/Marvell chips currently used to power all Windows Mobile devices, so this is a significant challenge to Marvell and a big boost in capabilities. I'm not sure the comparison to Intel's McCaslin platform is warranted however, because the clock speeds aren't directly comparable and the instruction set is completely different. Nevertheless, this chipset could be used as the basis for a new generation of mobile devices and Intel's new MID class of devices - given manufacturing and development lead times, look for new devices powered by this chipset by the middle of next year. In related news, HTC will be using Qualcomm chips onboard at least 10 devices to be released by the end of the year , with some of them being targeted for the US. There appears to be no problems with these new devices in relation to the import ban on certain Qualcomm chips, which would seem to imply that none of these are EVDO capable.
