The new Snapdragon 810 is the company’s “highest performing” mobile chip for smartphones tablets, Qualcomm said in a statement. Mobile devices with the 64-bit chip will ship in the first half of next year, be faster more power-efficient. Snapdragon chips are used in hsets with Android ndows one operating systems, which are not available in 64-bit form yet. The Snapdragon 810 is loaded with the latest communication graphics technologies from Qualcomm. The graphics processor can render 4K (3840 x 2160 pixel) video at 30 frames per second, 1080p video at 120 frames per second. The chip also has an integrated modem that supports E its successor, E-Advanced, which is emerging. The 810 also is among the first mobile chips to support the latest low-power DDR4 memory, which will allow programs to run faster while consuming less power. This will be beneficial, especially for tablets, as 64-bit chips allow mobile devices to have more than 4GB of memory, which is the limit on current 32-bit chips. The quad-core chip has a mix of high-power ARM Cortex-A57 C cores for deming tasks low-power A53 C cores for mundane tasks like taking calls, messaging M playback. The multiple cores ensure more power-efficient use of the chip, which helps extend battery life of mobile devices. The company also introduced a Snapdragon 808 six-core 64-bit chip. The chips will be among the first made using the latest 20-nanometer manufacturing process, which is an advance from the 28-nm process used to make Snapdragon chips today. Qualcomm now has to wait for to release a 64-bit version of Android for ARM-based mobile devices. Intel has already shown mobile devices running 64-bit Android with its Merrifield chip, but most mobile products today run on ARM processors. Qualcomm licenses Snapdragon processor architecture designs from ARM. rk for 64-bit Android is already underway, applications like the Chrome browser are already being developed for the OS. has not officially commented on when 64-bit Android would be released, but industry observers believe it could be announced at the I/O conference in late ne. Qualcomm spokesman Carvill declined to comment on support for 64-bit Android. But the chips are “further evidence of our commitment to deliver top-to-bottom mobile 64-bit leadership across product tiers for our customers,” Carvill said in an email. Qualcomm’s chips are used in some of the world’s top smartphones, will appear in Samsung’s Galaxy S5. A Qualcomm executive in October last year called Apple’s A7, the world’s first 64-bit mobile chip, a “marketing gimmick,” but the company has moved on now has five 64-bit chips coming to medium-priced premium smartphones tablets. But no 64-bit Android smartphones are available yet, Apple has a headstart remains the only company selling a 64-bit smartphone with its ione 5S. The 810 supports HDMI 1.4 for 4K video output, the Adreno 430 graphics processor is 30 percent faster on graphics performance 20 percent more power efficient than the older Adreno 420 G. The graphics processor will support 55-megapixel sensors, Qualcomm said. Other chip features include 802.11ac -Fi with built-in technology for faster wireless data transfers, Bluetooth 4.1 a processing core for location services. The six-core Snapdragon 808 is a notch down on performance compared to the 810, also has fewer features. The 808 supports E-Advanced, but can support displays with up to 2560 x 1600 pixels. It will support DDR3 memory. The chip has two Cortex-A57 Cs four Cortex-A53 cores. The chips will ship out to device makers for testing in the second half of this year.
