Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 to power Windows Phone 8 devices

Qualcomm has officially announced that the upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices would be powered by their Snapdragon S4 processors. Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 8 yesterday and have partnered with Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Huawei to bring Windows Phone 8-enabled devices starting later this year. The Windows Phone 7 devices came with Snapdragon S1 or S2 processors. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 to power Windows Phone 8 devices”

Qualcomm unveils 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 chipsets

Qualcomm has announced 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz chipsets in the Snapdragon S4 family. They announced 8 new Snapdragon S4 chips last month in addition to 3 chips that were announced previously. The new Qualcomm MSM8625 and the MSM8225 chips would come with Qualcomm’s Adreno 203 GPU and an integrated 3G modem. These are compatible with MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A family of chipsets that would let existing Snapdragon S1-based designs seamlessly migrate to S4 dual core-based designs. Continue reading “Qualcomm unveils 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 chipsets”