What is Snapdragon?
Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform offers an unprecedented combination of processing performance and optimized power consumption for the new generation of smart mobile devices.
Press Releases
Qualcomm Announces Next Generation Snapdragon Premium Mobile Processors
Qualcomm Atheros and Cisco Announce Indoor Location Technology Collaboration
Qualcomm Collaborates with LG on Global Quad-Core CPU Snapdragon-enabled Smartphone
Blog Posts
Is your smartphone power hungry?
A cellular modem can make or break the smartphone experience. If the cellular modem is fast and reliable, you’ll be able to do fun things quickly—load webpages, share photos on Facebook and be less likely to drop voice calls. But speed isn’t the only feature—the modem should also be power-efficient or else the fun will come to an abrupt end.
A dragon is coming – to a basketball court
Mobile Processors 101: How Snapdragon processors bring your phone to life
We hope that by getting to know some basics of mobile processing, you will better understand how all the work going on inside helps deliver the experiences you love on your smartphone and tablet, and you’ll be able to shop for your next device with complete confidence. We’ll have you talking in gigahertz and GPUs in no time.
Snapdragon Stats: Tablets are the true multi-taskers
Tablets are reaching critical mass, with users using the device for everything from Web surfing to work. Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processors are designed to keep your tablets performing at breathtaking speed without compromising battery life.
Mobile Processors 101: How Snapdragon processors power your smartphone
Smartphone users know what’s most important to them when they buy a device, whether it’s long battery life, fast Web browsing, beautiful graphics, the ability to take great photos and video, and run multiple apps at once. Or, more likely, all of the above.
Videos
Qualcomm Quick Charge
What if you could charge your mobile device battery up to 75% more quickly? With the Qualcomm Quick Charge comprehensive suite of battery management technologies, you can. Spend less time charging and more time doing.
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May 3, 2013
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Snapdragon Voice Activation
Snapdragon Voice Activation: Speak your mind. Your device is listening.
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Mar 29, 2013
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Snapdragon 800 Series: CPU Performance
A look at the CPU performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor at MWC 2013.
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Mar 29, 2013
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Snapdragon - Unified Shader Architecture
How do Snapdragon processors render graphics so fast and so crisply? Unified Shader Architecture.
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Mar 29, 2013
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FlexRender - Rendered Useful
What is designed to ensure your graphics are quick, no matter how complex? That would be FlexRender.
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Mar 21, 2013
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