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Qualcomm to introduce new Snapdragon chips and Adreno 400 series in early 2014

posted by Victor H. / Nov 05, 2013, 9:00 AM

Qualcomm to introduce new Snapdragon chips and Adreno 400 series in early 2014

Qualcomm is expected to unveil its new generation of Snapdragon mobile system chips and along with them the Adreno 400 graphical chips, according to chip-focused website Fudzilla. Qualcomm is usually making its unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in mid-January in Las Vegas.

There aren’t many details about the upcoming 2014 Snapdragon chips, but the Adreno 400 graphical chip that is said to be getting ready for the limelight won't have a compute part and will not support OpenCL.

In 2014, Qualcomm might have tougher competitors in both CPU and GPU. Nvidia’s Tegra 5 with Logan chip has already shown impressive capabilities that the Adreno series will have to try and match. PowerVR’s 6-series graphics (used in the new iPhone 5s and iPads) are another strong player and ARM has also just unveiled its Mali 700 GPU. Vivante is also making a mobile graphics chip design. With all this, competition will definitely be heated next year.

Let’s keep in mind that the Adreno 400 chips are merely a rumor right now that may or may not materialize (it’s very likely to be true, though). In either case, we’ll know at CES 2014.

CES also used to be the show where a lot of the greatest upcoming smartphones and tablets make their debut, but in recent years manufacturers prefer announcing devices on events they organize alone to get all the spotlight. This year might be different, though, you never know.

source: Fudzilla

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15 Comments

1. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Qualcomm is BEASTING right now. lol WOW Adreno 400?!? Holy WOW!

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 9:01 AM 2

2. silencer271

Posts: 254; Member since: Apr 05, 2013

At least Qualcomm can get a chip out the door faster then Nvdia.

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 9:06 AM 2

3. mr.techdude

Posts: 571; Member since: Nov 19, 2012

Days the chip the next gen HTC one is going to use for sure.

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 9:13 AM 6

4. funchumm1206

Posts: 52; Member since: Mar 04, 2013

Nothing new here

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 9:14 AM 0

5. _Bone_

Posts: 2155; Member since: Oct 29, 2012

Samsung and ARM's Mali will surprise many. Forget 64bit, power & efficiency will be great in the Exynos 6.

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 9:54 AM 4

6. Finest

Posts: 90; Member since: Aug 16, 2013

Make sure this is a 64bit unless they wanna get trolled by sammy and apple

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 10:13 AM 1

7. Amir1 unregistered

Are second half of 2014 flagships going to be with qualcomm 64 bit proccessor? i hope so!

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 11:21 AM 0

8. ocilfa

Posts: 334; Member since: Aug 03, 2012

I like all the clamoring for 64bit chips even though they have no idea what its advantages are.

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 1:25 PM 1

9. zdprince

Posts: 24; Member since: May 10, 2013

it is just to permit more memory usage since we are currently stuck at the 2048 max level

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 1:44 PM 0

11. freebee269

Posts: 542; Member since: Aug 10, 2012

isnt 3gb ram the max android can use at the moment?

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 4:43 PM 0

13. GeekyGene

Posts: 88; Member since: Aug 25, 2013

No. No its not.

posted on Nov 05, 2013, 7:29 PM 0

10. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

I think I'll buy the nexus 5 and not worry about another phone for at least a year and a half....lol so worrying about these new upcoming chips is probably not gonna be my concern