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Windows® RT Gaming Across the Globe with Snapdragon™ S4 Processors

Microsoft’s Windows RT is such a new and exciting platform that most content, especially in the gaming area, is being greeted with open arms. Qualcomm recognizes the importance of Windows RT and recently demonstrated how Microsoft has already taken advantage of some of the key technologies within our Snapdragon S4 processor. The task at hand: Multiplayer gaming across the globe with Windows RT.
Jun 27, 2012 by Francisco Cheng

Snapdragon S4 Processors Powering the Connected Home

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 processors can be found in some of the sleekest, most powerful mobile devices in the market, but what may not be immediately obvious is that these processors can power devices beyond smartphones and tablets.
Jun 27, 2012 by Francisco Cheng

What Integrating a 4G LTE Modem means to the Snapdragon S4 Processor and Battery life

The advantage of buying a Smartphone equipped with a 4G LTE modem is clear: you can surf the web, video conference, or play multiplayer games at up to 10 times the speed of conventional 3G. In some cases, these phones have enough data throughput capability to be their own mobile hotspots and share their 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices. So what’s the catch?
Jun 20, 2012 by Francisco Cheng

Qualcomm Introduces BRITE and GridView for Snapdragon

If the major theme for mobile devices this year isn’t reducing battery drain, it should be. How often do you glance down at your phone or tablet halfway through the day, only to notice that most of its battery life is drained after letting it sit untouched the whole time? While there are many potential culprits that reduce battery life, the biggest one is the display. In fact, Android devices have a battery usage monitor that tells you exactly what’s eating up all the battery life, with the screen being responsible for most of it. Most users are left to manually dial down the brightness or let the OS control the brightness settings, but why should they even have to worry about this? Why can’t these technologies be baked right into the device? Snapdragon S4 brings two innovative solutions to this problem and makes them completely invisible to the user.
Feb 23, 2012 by Francisco Cheng

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