Ultra-low power architecture for extended battery life

Sep 11, 2018 16:50 GMT  ·  By

Qualcomm Technologies Inc announced today the release of their new Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform for smartwatches.

According to Qualcomm's press release, the ultra-low power system architecture powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex A7 processor with a CPU speed of up to 1.2 GHz is designed to provide smartwatches with extended battery life, innovative personalized experiences, and rich interactive modes.

Qualcomm also stated that their new Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform will be released in three versions each of them focusing on a different type of smartwatch: 4G LTE devices, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi tethered models and GPS-based tethered units.

The Qualcomm QCC1110 is Snapdragon Wear 3100's new coprocessor, an entirely new design with a footprint of only 21 square millimeters but packing enough power to help radically reinvent the way next-gen smartwatches will present the display, the audio, and the sensory experiences.

Snapdragon Wear 3100 bundles a full range of connectivity features

Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform comes with a full spectrum of connectivity options ranging from the basic Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Near Field Communication (NFC), and 3G/4G LTE, to the more innovative 8c GNSS satellite radio.

Given its small size and extensive set of features, the Wear 3100 Platform can be used to power anything from smart watches, eyewear, and headsets, to youth, elderly and fitness watches/trackers, as well as most other types of wearable accessories that can benefit from extended battery life and an extra processing power kick.

The Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform comes with support for being integrated within devices built around Wear OS and Event-Driven RTOS, allowing for extra adaptability to more hardware configurations.

"We are delighted to announce Fossil Group, Louis Vuitton, and Montblanc as our first Snapdragon Wear 3100 customers," stated Anthony Murray, the SVP and general manager for Qualcomm.