Qualcomm begins shipping dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processors

By on Jun 1, 2010 at 5:45 AM
mobile June 1, 2010

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Mobile aficionados with a serious need for processing speed should be all smiles this morning, as Qualcomm has announced that it is now shipping its third-generation Snapdragon processors to its hardware clients. Known as the MSM8360 and the MSM8660, both dual-core chipsets top out at 1.2GHz and provide support for 2D/3D hardware acceleration, OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 acceleration, 1080p video encoding and decoding, integrated GPS, and 24-bit WXGA displays. Where they’re different is that the MSM8360 supports HSPA+ while the MSM8660 plays nice with HSPA+/EV-DO Rev. B. Qualcomm won’t disclose who has already taken ownership of the chipsets, but we imagine it won’t be long before the usual suspects start rolling out new handsets featuring these two lovely ladies.

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  • jazzyl

    Will this be on the new BlackBerry Tablet?

    Sent via BlackBerry.

  • Kai

    I’m sure these are very battery friendly too…

    • NickG

      That was my first thought exactly after just seeing the title of this!!

    • Rdx

      Look smartass, there are people smarter than you at QC.

  • David

    Let’s see…20% faster than my Incredible 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor…20% more battery drain…the phone should run for about 30 minutes between charges.

    • ljp

      Indeed. Many people are getting hung up on bigger and bigger processor numbers but it’s how they use the processor that matters. Some companies should focus on their stack rather than trying to lure people in with specs.

    • ChocoTaco

      That’s not how processors work. A 20% increase in clock speed does not translate into a 20% increase performance gain. There are losses due to heat and various other efficiencies and the higher you raise the clock on the same architecture, the worse it becomes. That’s why a 2GHz processor overclocked to 3GHz does not translate into a 50% performance gain – it’s much, much less.

      We don’t know if any other changes to the processor’s architecture were made. Is it the same as the 1GHz model? If it is, the performance will be barely faster. If they made improvements to the architecture, it could be much faster.

      • Norm

        When I OC my phone from 550mhz to 1.1Ghz my linpack scores go from 4.2 to 9.7

  • ChocoTaco

    Are they still using the ancient 65nm process yielding a whopping 18 hours of battery life with mild use? Or are they in the 40′s now so phones can actually make it through a day?

    • StevenGlansburg

      you seriously get 18 hours? What do you consider mild use?

  • agreed

    These are the same people who are totally hung up on the.. “OMGZ!!! my cell phone camera has a 10MP camera, it’s so much better than your 3MP!”

    The bottom line is that the vast majority of consumers are technology stupid. They don’t take the time to understand products.. they just think bigger numbers = better products..

    • skyy_flyer

      A company using consumer ignorance to make a profit? Who would ever have known businesses would stoop so low as to make a profit.

  • Gee

    I guess that whole CDMA crap they were working on to revolutionize the world is over.

    • EP

      Um the MSM8660 *is* CDMA….

  • http://www.brianward.com Brian Ward

    Dual cores! Awesome! Hopefully Android can take advantage of them.

  • jawman

    let’s hope that software coders don’t get lazy because “oh we have dual core processorz now, that will pick up our slack for coding mediocre software.”
    the coding and building of software is very important. it has to be done right or else it won’t matter much if it’s running on an 800mhz chip , 1ghz or a 1.2ghz chip

  • http://www.dragonblogger.com Justin Germino

    I agree with Kai statement, the more power the more battery usage. My blackberry already can barely hold a charge more than six hours with various mobile apps running.

  • Electrofreak

    I would expect these are 45 nm feature size chips, equaling up to a 30% improvement in energy efficiency.

  • Connor

    RIM better pick these up and start showing other phones what’s up.

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