Qualcomm has announced two new processors – Snapdragon 600E and Snapdragon 410E for Internet of Things (IoT). Both the chips are aimed for embedded applications in digital signage, set-top-boxes, medical imaging, point of sale systems, industrial robotics, and other Internet of Things (IoT) related applications.
Both the processors are built from the foundation of the Snapdragon 600 and 410 processors.
Features of Snapdragon 600E
- 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Krait 300 CPU
- Adreno 320 GPU and Hexagon DSP
- Bluetooth 4.0/LE & 3.x, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS
- Expandable for a variety of use cases with SATA, SD3.0, DDR memory, eMMC storage, HDMI, LVDS, HSIC, and PCIe interfaces.
Features of Snapdragon 410E
- 1.2GHz quad-core processor
- Adreno 306 GPU and Hexagon DSP.
- Bluetooth 4.1/LE, 802.11 b/g/n, GPS,
- Ideal for IoT use cases in smart homes, digital signage, medical equipment, industrial automation, digital media players and smart surveillance.
Raj Talluri, senior vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc,
Snapdragon is a powerful and versatile processor with many potential applications in a wide variety of IoT applications and we can now offer this technology to a much wider range of customers with the additional benefit of long-term support and availability. The Snapdragon 600E and 410E bring together some of our best connectivity and compute technologies to meet the needs for a large range of embedded and IoT applications.
The Snapdragon 600E and 410E are being made available globally by third party distributors, initially through Arrow Electronics.