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Qualcomm Ships Dual-Core Snapdragon Chipsets

Posted by timothy on from the phones-now-beat-my-computer dept.

rrossman2 writes "Qualcomm has issued a press release revealing it has started shipping new dual-core Snapdragon chipsets. These chipsets run each core at up to 1.2GHz, include a GPU that supports 2D/3D acceleration engines for Open GLES 2.0 and Open VG 1.1, 1080p video encode/decode, dedicated low-power audio engine, integrated low-power GPS, and support for 24-bit WXGA 1280x800 resolution displays. These chipsets come in two variants, the MSM8260 for HSPA+ and the MSM8660 for multi-mode HSPA+/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev B. The press release also lists QSD8672 as a third-gen chipset like the two mentioned, but doesn't go into any detail of what its role is. With this announcement of shipping chipsets, how long until HTC makes a super smartphone?"

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  1. Re:ARM-based laptops by qubezz · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...Already done. OSU student-developed Ultra-Mobile PC based on a 500MHz ARM Cortex-A8. Now playing Doom II on a campus near me. Not too bad, since when I went to OSU a dozen years ago I had to buy my own $2000 Pentium 75Mhz machine to do computer sci on...

  2. Re:I hate patent lawsuits by Mr2001 · · Score: 4, Informative

    As soon as HTC brings out a proper iPhone competitor

    Nexus One? Droid Incredible? Evo?

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