Snapdragon™ chipset…more than just a processor

CES 2010 was a remarkable event for Qualcomm and our Snapdragon chipset. Much hype was generated when Google introduced the Nexus One. Later in the week, Lenovo won CNET Best of CES 2010 for computers and hardware with the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid and Skylight products.

Wrapping up the week was our keynote where both Lenovo and HP joined Dr. Jacobs on stage to talk about working with Qualcomm on Snapdragon-based smartbooks.

Over the last month, I’ve been eagerly following the continuing news coverage of the significance of Qualcomm’s first generation Snapdragon QSD8250 chipset for smartphones, smartbooks and other mobile devices.

Interestingly, much of the commentary centers on Snapdragon as a processor. Of course, the Snapdragon QSD8250 platform does include an enhanced 1-Gigahertz (GHz) CPU, but it offers so much more than that.

Our Snapdragon solution — a highly-integrated, single chip solution — not only includes an enhanced CPU, but also integrates Qualcomm’s industry leading 3G mobile broadband technology as well as rich multimedia, HD video, 3D graphics and GPS. All that functionality in a single chip is enabling our customers to deliver smart, slim and powerful mobile devices with all-day battery life. That’s surely what I’m looking for with my active, mobile lifestyle — and I’m sure many others are as well.

If you have another minute, watch Sam Zien’s video clip about Snapdragon.

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Topics: chipset, Snapdragon
Anita Hix

Anita Hix

Director, Marketing, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies

Comments

Anonymous

March 21, 2010, 8:19 PM

The QSD is too much focused on Android. Find no major Android phone without QSD. probably it is not well compatible for symbian, is it?

Ethan

June 03, 2010, 2:07 PM

There is no reason why the QSD or indeed any CPU is unsuited to any OS. It comes down to individual device manufacturers to choose which CPU they wish to use for a given device, and some have supply lines from other manufacturers in place.

The Symbian OS kernel is currently compiled for one set of CPUs, but it doesn't mean that it could not be compiled for the QSD or any other CPU for that matter.

I suspect that the ultimate reason comes down to there being less work to do if a manufacturer sticks what what he knows works ok, albeit rather slowly by comparison from my extensive experience with Symbian handsets.

Qualcomm Blog Author

July 29, 2010, 2:39 AM

I hope to get e datasheet about the Qsd8250.Thanks

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