14 DAY TRIAL // During Qualcomm’s recent Uplink 2012 conference that we reported on here, the company’s VP of product management, Raj Talluri, has presented real console-grade graphics on a power efficient SoC.
The chip in question is the impressive APQ8064 processor that we presented here.
The processor is set to work at a high 1500 MHz when all the cores are functioning, and it can even reach 1700 MHz if a single-threaded application demands the highest performance.
We already know that the CPU performance of the Krait ARM Cortex A15 architecture is impressive, but on the graphics side we have an ex-ATI/AMD architecture that’s able to display real console-grade graphics.
The GPU is called Adreno 320 and, although it has been thoroughly improved, it is not too far from what ATi/AMD originally designed and it is also only reportedly rated as a DirectX 9.3-capable architecture.
Qualcomm has the performance advantage for now and, considering that they’ll also be the first to the market with such a powerful solution, they’ll enjoy quite a bit of success until Imagination’s “Rogue” GPU hits the market next year.
The PowerVR “Rogue” GPU is rated as a full DirectX 10 GPU, but it can also be quickly made into a full DirectX 11.1-capable design.
Tablets and netbooks using Qualcomm's APQ8084 processor will sport some impressive performance numbers.