Qualcomm announces quad-core Snapdragon 610 and octa-core Snapdragon 615 64-bit with LTE SoC
Qualcomm Technologies recently announced that it added the Snapdragon 610 and 615 chipsets to the Snapdragon 600 tier for high-end mobile computing devices. The Snapdragon 615 chipset is the mobile industry’s first commercially announced octa-core solution with integrated LTE and 64-bit capabilities, while the Snapdragon 610 chipset supports LTE and 64-bit capabilities using quad-core processing.
Both new chipsets integrate Qualcomm Technologies’ 3rd Generation LTE modem, supporting Cat 4 data rates for new requirements such as LTE-Broadcast and LTE Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA). In addition to LTE support, both chipsets also integrate critical 3G technologies, including HSPA+ (up to 42Mbps), CDMA, and TD-SCDMA.
Both new chipsets also feature Qualcomm Technologies’ Adreno 405 GPU, bringing an Adreno 400 series GPU from the Snapdragon 800 premium tier to the Snapdragon 600 high-end tier for the first time. The Adreno 405 GPU distinguishes itself by not only enabling superior graphics performance, but also in supporting the latest mobile graphics APIs like DirectX 11.2 and Open GL ES3.0 with added support of hardware accelerated geometry shading and hardware tessellationfor more detailed, realistic mobile games and visually stunning user interfaces. The Adreno 405 also supports Full Profile Open CL for superior GPGPU compute, video and image processing. The display engine supports up to Quad High Definition (2560x1600) displays and offers Miracast support for wireless streaming of multimedia content. Wireless content can be sent with high efficiency through the use of the embedded H.265 hardware decoder and integrated Qualcomm VIVE 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 solutions.
The Snapdragon 610 and 615 processors are anticipated to begin sampling in the third quarter of 2014 and the first commercial devices are expected in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Source: Qualcomm
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