Qualcomm preps 1GHz Snapdragon S4s for dual-core upgrades

Qualcomm chose the Uplink expo to unveil a pair of Snapdragon S4 processors built expressly for boosting smartphones. Both the MSM8225 and MSM8625 are dual-core, 1GHz chips and use relatively modest Adreno 203 graphics, but are intended more for retrofitting. The two slot into the previous-generation MSM72x5A and MSM72x7A designs, letting a phone builder take an existing design and give it a big speed boost without having to engineer a completely new platform inside.
Both have 3G inside and are more likely to occupy budget smartphones. Qualcomm is helping to speed up the process of developing phones from scratch with the chipsets through a third-generation Qualcomm Reference Design platform ... »read more

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