Qualcomm to make smartphone chips with 64 bit technology

Chipmaker Qualcomm technologies has said it will introduce snapdragon 410 chipset with 4G LTE capability as the company seeks to deliver faster connections to drive growth and adoption of smartphones in emerging regions especially China.

The new snapdragon 410 chipsets use the 28nm process technology that are 64 bit capable along with superior graphics performance with the Adreno 306 GPu, 1080p video playback and up to 13 megapixel camera.

The Snapdragon 410 chipsets will also combine 4G AND 3G cellular connectivity for all major modes and frequency bands worldwide and will support both dual and triple SIM.

Qualcomm further says the chipsets will also have the multiband and multimode support on top of the Qualcomm RF360 front end solution.

Other features to be available on the snapdragon 410 chipsets WiFi, Bluetooth, Fm, NFC functionality as well as support all major navigation constellations: GPS, GLONASS and China's new BeiDou which helps deliver enhanced accuracy and speed of Location data to Snapdragon-enabled handsets.

The chipset that is expected to be available for sampling in the first half of 2014 and is expected to be in commercial devices in the second half of 2014 also supports all the major operating systems including Android, Windows phone and Firefox.

Also available for the first time is the intention by Qualcomm technologies to make 4G LTE available across all of the snapdragon product tiers a move that will ensure that emerging regions are equipped for this transition as they continue to enjoy 2G and 3G technology.

"We are excited to bring 4G LTE to highly affordable smartphones at a sub $150 ( ̴ 1,000 RMB) price point with the introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor," said Jeff Lorbeck, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Qualcomm Technologies, China. "The Snapdragon 410 chipset will also be the first of many 64-bit capable processors as Qualcomm Technologies helps lead the transition of the mobile ecosystem to 64-bit processing.

source: www.allafrica.com