First dual core Snapdragon processors being shipped
Qualcomm is shipping samples of its first dual core Snapdragon processors, aimed primarily at the smartphone and tablet market.
The chipmaker said that device manufacturers have started designing handsets around the ARM based processors, which can run up to 1.2GHz. According to Qualcomm, the chipsets come with GPUs that support OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 graphics acceleration, encode and decode 1080p hd video and work with 24bit WXGA 1280x800pixel displays.
The MSM8260 and MSM8660 processors also include low power audio engines and low power GPS, while a further dual core Snapdragon processor, the QSD8672, will run at up to 1.5GHz.
Earlier generations of Snapdragon processors are in handsets such as Google's Nexus One Android phone and Toshiba's TG01 Windows Mobile phone.
