Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon 805: 2.5GHz, Adreno 420 GPU with 4K Display Support

[dgstorm]

As fast as the current crop of smartphones is, the inevitable march of technological evolution must carry on. Qualcomm is doing their part at advancing the agenda of our silicon overlords by creating a new chipset for next year. This morning they just officially announced their newest advanced Snapdragon chipset. It's called the Snapdragon 805 and its CPU comes with a quad-core Krait 450 CPU clocking in at a whopping 2.5GHz. Additionally, along with this bleeding edge new CPU comes a more powerful GPU as well: the Adreno 420.

Both of these advanced chips coupled together will boast support for 4K resolution displays, inciting Qualcomm to assert they will have “the first end-to-end Ultra HD solution.” Here's a quote with more of the details,

Blazing fast apps and web browsing and outstanding performance: Krait 450 quad-core CPU, the first mobile CPU to run at speeds of up to 2.5 GHz per core, plus superior memory bandwidth support of up to 25.6 GB/second that is designed to provide unprecedented multimedia and web browsing performance.
- Smooth, sharp user interface and games support Ultra HD resolution: The mobile industry’s first end-to-end Ultra HD solution with on-device display concurrent with output to HDTV; features Qualcomm Technologies’ new Adreno 420 GPU, which introduces support for hardware tessellation and geometry shaders, for advanced 4K rendering, with even more realistic scenes and objects, visually stunning user interface, graphics and mobile gaming experiences at lower power.
- Fast, seamless connected mobile experiences: Custom, efficient integration with either the Qualcomm® Gobi™ MDM9x25 or the Gobi MDM9x35 modem, powering superior seamless connected mobile experiences. The Gobi MDM9x25 chipset announced in February 2013 has seen significant adoption as the first embedded, mobile computing solution to support LTE carrier aggregation and LTE Category 4 with superior peak data rates of up to 150Mbps. Additionally, Qualcomm’s most advanced Wi-Fi for mobile, 2-stream dual-band Qualcomm® VIVE™ 802.11ac, enables wireless 4K video streaming and other media-intensive applications. With a low-power PCIe interface to the QCA6174, tablets and high-end smartphones can take advantage of faster mobile Wi-Fi performance (over 600 Mbps), extended operating range and concurrent Bluetooth connections, with minimal impact on battery life.
- Ability to stream more video content at higher quality using less power: Support for Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) for video post processing, first to introduce hardware 4K HEVC (H.265) decode for mobile for extremely low-power HD video playback.
- Sharper, higher resolution photos in low light and advanced post-processing features: First Gpixel/s throughput camera support in a mobile processor designed for a significant increase in camera speed and imaging quality. Sensor processing with gyro integration enables image stabilization for sharper, crisper photos. Qualcomm Technologies is the first to announce a mobile processor with advanced, low-power, integrated sensor processing, enabled by its custom DSP, designed to deliver a wide range of sensor-enabled mobile experiences.

Supposedly, Qualcomm has already started shipping samples of this product to OEMs for testing and integration.

Source: Qualcomm

 

[tgyberg]

WANT! (Don't need but really really) WANT!

 

[johnomaz]

WANT! (Don't need but really really) WANT!

I want the Adreno 420. I'm a sucker for graphics performance.

 

[Rhino94]

I always want the best thing that is out there when it is time to upgrade and I can only imagine how this will affect the smartphone market. I'm so excited I'm about to jump for joy

 

[johnomaz]

I always want the best thing that is out there when it is time to upgrade and I can only imagine how this will affect the smartphone market. I'm so excited I'm about to jump for joy

Thats why I pay for the TMobile JUMP program. I love my Note 3, but when the next amazing thing comes out, I want it.

 

[Rhino94]

Thats why I pay for the TMobile JUMP program. I love my Note 3, but when the next amazing thing comes out, I want it.

I love Verizon's coverage. There is no one other than them that get reception at my cottage. I feel like the Verizon edge thing is a rip off.

 

[tgyberg]

I love Verizon's coverage. There is no one other than them that get reception at my cottage. I feel like the Verizon edge thing is a rip off.

It is if you are not paying full price for a device. If you are, then it's fine if you need it!

 

[MissionImprobable]

This chipset + HTC One M8= love! Make it happen. Honestly I might hold out for the new One regardless, but this would be beyond great to see. It will suck if this isn't the chipset for it though, because that would mean 2015 before it's on board for HTC as they are sticking to one Flagship per year, which would leave them yet again a generation behind the competition processor-wise.

Anyway, enough of my tangent. This looks to be a promising piece of hardware.