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Qualcomm Shows Strong Support of the Mobile 3D Gaming Ecosystem at GDC
Qualcomm has been clearly demonstrating its support of the entire mobile 3D gaming ecosystem at recent conferences like this month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. This support showed up as a press release with Gameloft; a new video with Gameloft and NAMCO BANDAI Games America; joint marketing activities with Sony Ericsson around their new PlayStation Certified Xperia Play device; a GDC speaker session featuring presentations by leading mobile developers Southend Interactive and Polarbit; a new Snapdragon mobile 3D gaming ecosystem video and a very well-attended and well-received party at Ruby Skye !
2011 Game Developers Conference
It was an exciting week in San Francisco at the 2011 Game Developers Conference. Mobile gaming has truly never looked so good with new, gaming-focused smartphones such as Sony Ericsson’s XperiaTM PLAY and larger screen tablets such as HP’s new TouchPad .
Next Up: Faster Snapdragon™ Single-CPU Smartphones & Tablets
Qualcomm was the first in the industry to deliver a 1GHz processor for smartphones. We are again at the forefront with the announcements by HP and HTC for the first mobile devices powered by our latest Snapdragon single-CPU processor, the MSM8x55 chipset.
![Snapdragon™ Adreno 220 GPU Powers "Desert Winds" Game at MWC](/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_square_image_thumb/desertwind_121x121.jpg "Snapdragon™ Adreno 220 GPU Powers "Desert Winds" Game at MWC")
Snapdragon™ Adreno 220 GPU Powers "Desert Winds" Game at MWC
Attendees of Mobile World Congress 2011 got to see the newest generation of the Adreno GPU, Adreno 220, in action as part of the new Desert Winds game demo at Qualcomm’s booth. The graphics performance, new 3D effects, and level of graphical realism now possible with the dual-core Snapdragon MSM8660 chipset and its Adreno 220 GPU grabbed the attention of virtually all passing by our booth.
First Certified Playstation Smartphone Coming Soon
In late 2010 and early 2011, mobile game enthusiasts were following stories from around the world about the development of a "playstation phone." The first public confirmation by Sony Ericsson came during the Superbowl, where a teaser ad disclosed the Xperia Play™ smartphone.
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