Qualcomm's New Snapdragon Chips Are for TVs and Cars, Not Phones
Jan 07, 2014 17:58
Snapdragon's latest chips are going to power your next connected car and home theater with the Snapdragon 600 and 800 respectively.
Using a tweaked version of the Snapdragon 600, the 602A, it will share similar specs with its sibling, but come rated for temperature and longevity required for in a car. The Qualcomm chips have helped process in-car data demands for a while now but the 602A will provide 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and serve video to numerous screens at once and provide facial recognition support letting you start your car by...looking at it.
As for the Snapdragon 802 - it is a TV-specific, and a quad-core system-on-a-chip that shares an awful lot with the 800. It powers 4K displays, and should allow the apps on smart TVs to rattle along, allowing multitasking as well as being able to play four HD videos simultaneously on one TV.
Both slabs of silicon will be appearing in devices in late 2014. [Engadget and Engadget]
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