Boston, MA 04/23/2014 (wallstreetpr) – QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), the global American semiconductor company has announced it plans to unveil the next generation of smartphone chip that is expected to be a major upgrade to the chips currently in the market. The 64- bit chip will be an extension of the current Snapdragon series and will be known as Snapdragon 810. The chip is expected to come with Samsung S6, HTC One successor, LG G4 as most of these phones are expected by next year, by the time when this chip is expected to be ready.
QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) currently dominates the market with its technology being used by manufacturers like Samsung, HTC and Motorola. The Snapdragon 805, the 810 predecessor is due to be launched by the company in mid-2014.
810 to offer faster data connectivity
Qualcomm is known for its expertise in the wireless technology and is the current market leader in mobile devices. The 810 4G modem is expected to provide a 100% increase over the existing technology in the data download speeds. It is capable of providing download speeds up to 300 Mbps. It will be also equipped with a new and a faster Wi-Fi to further improve the device connectivity.
The Snapdragon 810 also promises to provide substantially superior performance thanks to the four ARM’s Cortex A57 cores. Cortex A57 offers around 30% higher performance as compared to its predecessors. Moreover, the chip will also boast of the Adreno 430 for the graphics, which will yield a whopping 80% greater performance when compared to the GPU of Snapdragon 800 found in the Samsung Galaxy S5 and other phones currently available in the market.
64 bit technology: The next big step for smartphones
Most of today’s smartphones work on the 32-bit processors. Though manufacturers like Apple Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) have started using 64-bit processors, but the real impact of these processors will be realized only once the smartphones start coming with larger memories. The mobile industry would require a major overhaul in terms of software and operating system to cater to the new technology.
