Qualcomm is boosting its lineup of wearable and mobile chips and showing off a super-fast new modem.
Going forward, Android Wear gadget makers can swap the Snapdragon 400 for the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), which promises slimmer wearables, longer battery life, better accuracy, and an always-connected experience.
Available in tethered (Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) and connected (4G/LTE and 3G) versions, Snapdragon Wear 2100 hopes to usher in a new generation of better wearables. "These benefits are expected to have widespread appeal across the mobile, fashion and sports ecosystems in the wearables space," Raj Talluri, senior vice president of product management, said in a statement.
Qualcomm already has one customer: David Yoon, vice president of wearables at LG, announced plans to extend the company's two-year collaboration with the new Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor. "[We] look forward to launching new smartwatches and other wearable devices that bring new and innovative use cases to consumers later this year," Yoon said.
Qualcomm technology is already used in 65 wearable devices in 30 countries, with 50 more expected to launch later this year.
Also announced today were new Snapdragon mobile chipsets: the 625, 425, and 435.
The Snapdragon 625, Qualcomm says, is the first in its class to use 14nm FinFET technology, which could reduce smartphone power consumption by up to 35 percent. Its X9 LTE modem is also three times as fast as traditional LTE devices.
Devices with the 435, meanwhile, can expect "leading multimedia and visual features for this tier," like 1080p UI with 60fps, dual-ISPs supporting 21-megapixel photos, and PC-cla graphics with Adreno 505.
For budget phones, the 425 "provides a solid upgrade path for the Snapdragon 410 and 412 customers with a 64-bit, quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU, an Adreno 308 GPU, and HD display at 60 frames per second," Qualcomm says.
The next-gen processors are expected in commercial devices in the second half of the year—around the same time Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X16 LTE modem and RF Transceiver hit shelves. Designed to deliver download speeds of up to 1Gbps, the X16 LTE is the first instance of Qualcomm's advanced modem architecture, and the first commercially announced LTE Advanced Pro modem.
"Not only does the Snapdragon X16 blur the lines between wired and wireless broadband, but [it] marks an important step toward 5G," Qualcomm Executive Vice President Cristiano Amon said.
Source: pcmag.com
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