Qualcomm today announced the company has sampled its first
dual-CPU Snapdragon chipsets. The Mobile Station Modem
(MSM) MSM8260 and MSM8660 solutions integrate two of the
Company?s enhanced cores running at up to 1.2GHz.
Targeted at enabling high-end smartphones, the MSM8x60
solutions are third-generation chipsets from the company's
expanded Snapdragon platform, which has been powering
smartphones, tablets and smartbook devices in markets
around the world.
The MSM8260 for HSPA+ and MSM8660 for multi-mode
HSPA+/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B feature two enhanced CPU
cores running at up to 1.2GHz for high levels of Web
application and multimedia performance, including a
powerful GPU with 3D/2D acceleration engines for Open GLES
2.0 and Open VG 1.1 accelration, 1080p video encode/decode,
dedicated low power audio engine, integrated low power GPS,
and support for 24-bit WXGA 1280 x 800 resolution displays.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of chipset solutions includes:
- First-generation products: QSD8x50 with 1GHz enhanced
core
- Second-generation products: MSM8x55 and QSD8x50A with
1GHz enhanced core, including multimedia optimizations and
1.3GHz enhanced core, respectively
- Third-generation products: MSM8260, MSM8660 and QSD8672
with dual-CPU architecture featuring enhanced cores running
at up to 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz, respectively