Mumbai: Presently, the most powerful smartphones available on the shelves are the flagship models that are released today. For instance, the HTC One M8 and the Samsung Galaxy S5 are the best examples. However, these will be made obsolete when the ones in 2015 will show up.
Qualcomm has just revealed the Snapdragon 810 and 808 chipsets. The two upcoming architectures are based on a 64-bit high-performance chipsets and are slated to show up in flagship Android devices early next year. Both the new chipsets offer 64-bit support. However, they won't be the first Qualcomm chipsets to run on a 64-bit architecture. The Snapdragon 610 and 615, announced at Mobile World Congress in February, will be soon in the market by Q2, but the SD810 and SD808 will be packed with plenty of other powerful features.
Qualcomm claims that both the new chipsets are 20nm chips and will be smaller, lighter and even more power efficient as compared to the SD6xx series.
The octa-core SD810 is the highest ranker. It sports four Cortex-A57 cores for power-intensive tasks and four lower-power Cortex-A53 cores for those times when you don't require the boost. Additionally, they will come with support for 4K displays and LPDDR4 RAM. Voice activation and dual Image Signal Processors for better imaging are some other highlights the chipset will boast of. Also included will be the Adreno 430 GPU, which is almost 30 percent faster than the Adreno 420. If the Qualcomm chipsets are able to deliver what the company promises, then next year's high-end flagships will be incredibly impressive.
The 808, on the other hand, will contain six cores (two cortex A57 processors and four cortex A53 processors), a 2K UHD display support, LPDDR3 RAM and an Adreno 418 GPU. Unfortunately, the 810 and 808 will not be available on devices any soon, at least until the first half of 2015.
Highlights of the Snapdragon 810 chipset
- Rich native 4K Ultra HD interface and video, along with an upgraded camera suite using gyro-stabilization and 3D noise reduction for producing high quality 4K video at 30 frames per second and 1080p video at 120 frames per second. The combined 14-bit dual Image Signal Processors (ISPs) are capable of supporting 1.2GP/s throughput and image sensors up to 55MP. Advanced imaging software helps enable advanced mobile camera features, including enhanced exposure, white balance and fast low light focus.
- The combined 64-bit quad core ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs and Cortex-A53 CPUs are designed to enable an improved user experience based on the advanced technology feature set, while implementation of the new ARMv8-A ISA enables improved instruction set efficiency. Designed for 4K displays, the new Qualcomm® Adreno™ 430 graphics processing unit (GPU) provides support for OpenGL ES 3.1 plus hardware tessellation, geometry shaders and programmable blending. The Adreno 430 is designed to deliver up to 30% faster graphics performance and 100% faster GPGPU compute performance, while reducing power consumption by up to 20%, as compared to its predecessor, the Adreno 420 GPU. The Adreno 430 GPU also enables a new level of GPU security for secure composition and management of premium video and other multimedia.
- The Snapdragon 810 processor introduces high speed LPDDR4 memory.
- Frame buffer compression and external 4K display support via HDMI1.4.
- First mobile platform to implement Qualcomm® VIVE™ 2-stream 802.11ac with multi-user MIMO, which makes Wi-Fi® networks more efficient than ever in order to maximize the performance of local connectivity for mobile devices.
- Support for Bluetooth® 4.1, USB 3.0, NFC and the latest Qualcomm® IZat™ location core for ubiquitous and highly accurate location services.
Highlights of the Snapdragon 808 chipset
- Designed for WQXGA (2560x1600) displays, the new Adreno 418 GPU provides support for OpenGL ES 3.1 plus hardware tessellation, geometry shaders, programmable blending. It is designed to support up to 20% faster graphics performance than its predecessor, the Adreno 330 GPU. The Adreno 418 GPU also enables a new level of GPU security for secure composition and management of premium video and other multimedia.
- Configured with two ARM Cortex-A57 cores paired with a quad Cortex-A53 CPU.
- 12-bit dual Image Signal Processors.
- LPDDR3 memory.
- Frame buffer compression and external 4K display support via HDMI1.4.
