Qualcomm unveils two new Snapdragon mobile platforms

Qualcomm unveils two new Snapdragon mobile platforms
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Chipmaker Qualcomm has introduced Snapdragon 660 and 630, which are designed to support advanced photography and enhanced gaming in addition to long battery life and fast LTE speeds.

Chipmaker Qualcomm has introduced Snapdragon 660 and 630, which are designed to support advanced photography and enhanced gaming in addition to long battery life and fast LTE speeds.

They use 14nm FinFET process and provide 4K video capture and playback capabilities, along with 8GB maximum memory and Vulkan API support.These are the successor to the Snapdragon 653 and 625 with the improvement in the CPU 20 and 10 per cent respectively.

Both feature a Snapdragon X12 LTE modem, paired with the new SDR660 RF transceiver, which support peak downlink data rates of 600Mbps to the 600-tier lineup of SOCs for the first time.

They focus on camera, audio/visual processing, connectivity, improved CPU and GPU, security and supports quick charge which provides five hours of talk time in just five minutes of charging.

The Qualcomm Spectra 160 premium camera ISP supports improved image quality, superior low light photography as well as better power efficiency for dual camera smartphones.

The Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP featuring vector extensions (HVX) on the Snapdragon 660 enables high performance, power efficient processing of imaging, computer vision, and machine intelligence workloads.

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