14 DAY TRIAL // At Computex 2011, Qualcomm Incorporated brought to the spotlight a series of devices that are powered by its mobile processors, including smartphones and tablet PCs, some based on the latest flavors of Google's Android operating system.
The company's application processors are already available inside a wide range of devices, running under platforms like Android, BlackBerry, Chrome, HP webOS, or Windows Phone, the chip maker announced.
The processors are present inside over 125 announced smartphones and tablets, Qualcomm notes, adding that a number of more than 250 designs are in development now, with a number of 40 or higher of the being tablets.
“We are very pleased with the tremendous Snapdragon traction we have been getting with a variety of companies,” said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of product management, computing and consumer products at Qualcomm.
“We are showcasing some truly innovative products from HTC, HP, ASUS and many more OEMs that are leading the mobile computing industry.”
The chip maker claims that it worked on designing the Snapdragon mobile processors so that they would provide the best mobile processing, graphics and connectivity, while sporting the necessary integration for high performance and low power consumption.
The Snapdragon MSM8x60 family of mobile processors packs two asynchronous processor cores, along with integrated Adreno 220 GPU and support for cameras of up to 16 megapixels.
The Snapdragon MSM8x55 processors were meant to provide users with a great experience, while delivering increased performance and low power needs.
“Qualcomm and HTC agree that a great mobile device starts with a great foundation,” said Kouji Kodera, chief product officer of HTC.
“We are proud of our Snapdragon devices, including our HTC Sensation and HTC EVO 3D powered by the MSM8660, which is coming soon, and our HTC Flyer powered by MSM8655, which is now available.”
HTC would continue its collaboration with Qualcomm, and plans on releasing devices based on the company's MSM8960 chip as well (the MSM8960 samples should arrive in June).
As stated above, the processors were included inside tablet PCs as well. Computer maker ASUS has brought some tablet designs powered by Android 3.0 on the floor at Computex.
“We chose Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processors to power our tablets because of their ability to provide the optimal combination of processing performance, efficient power usage and wireless connectivity on a single platform,” HC Hung, vice president of ASUS, commented.