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Qualcomm Brings PS3 Graphic Performance to Portable Devices

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Qualcomm, the company behind Snapdragon, teased its successor - the MSM8960 has two cores, five times the performance, better graphics and a multi-mode 3G and 4G modem. They also have a couple of other dual-core systems using the current Snapdragon core but at higher frequency.
Two Systems on a Chip (SoC) we'll be seeing next year are the MSM8260 and MSM8660. They pack two Scorpion cores (same core as current generation Snapdragons) but run at 1.2GHz and they're shipping to manufacturers already.

The MSM8960 SoC steals the show however. It is based on a newer core and it has two of them - and they will have 5x the performance, compared to a single-core Snapdragon SoC. The new Adreno GPU gives a 4x boost to the graphics compared to current Adreno GPUs (like in the HTC Desire) and Qualcomm claims the performance will be similar to that of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

It's a pretty bold claim, considering the MSM8960 also boasts a 75% reduction of the power consumption. Anyway, besides the CPU and GPU, the SoC also includes support for all 3G modes and LTE Multi-Mode.
Current Snapdragon SoC powers both high-end Androids and Windows Phone 7 mobiles. They will be replaced by the new additions - in 2011 at the earliest.
Texas Instruments have talked about their next-gen CPUs - Cortex A9 and one of the SoC based on it is the NVIDIA's Tegra 2 platform. There are phones and tablets based on it that are in the works (or shipping already).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4024/q...ce-improvement
http://www.gsmarena.com/qualcomm_tal...-news-2082.php
:drool:drool:drool

when wil we start to see dual-cores on our smart phone? I am still hold on a crap phone. nexus one/desire/desire z/vibrant are all going to be outdated soon right? I dont want to invest 500-600 on a nexus one only to find out they will release something new in a month (although i've been drooling over a nexus one/desire for a long time)

this is funny i was just saying they should stick the PS3 cpu in a phone

and dual core smart phones are in line for 2011 (1st quarter supposedly)

simple 2-d platform graphics still rule the majority of popular apps
but the CPU boost and power reduction is cool

does that mean we will see mini ps3/360's soon? haha

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Originally Posted by wasabisashimi (Post 7200967)

You're trying to beat technology at the game of technology?

what the...

feel this kinda fits since we're talking about the ps3 the new Rumored specs of the Nokia N9 are supposedly It'll have/do

190M Polygons/s (PS3 does 275M/s)
4.2″ AMOLED display (no info on resolution.)
a new battery sporting apparently 1600mAh (B4-LD).
1GB ROM
768MB RAM
12 megapixel carl zeiss camera

a leaked video of the SE Zeus (Playstation Phone)
rumour has it sony will make the official annoucement next thursday Dec 9

i wonder if sony will allow you to convert your ps3 game saves into mini save files