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The new QSD8650A chipset will give Snapdragon-powered smartphones and smartbooks faster processing, better battery life and other enhancements, Qualcomm said in a statement.
The Snapdragon QSD8650A chipset is scheduled for sampling before the close of 2009, Qualcomm said.
Additional improvements include a 1.3-GHz processor for 30 percent higher performance as well as bulked up multimedia and 2D/3D graphics. Using the 45nm technology also decreases power consumption, offering 30 percent lower dynamic power than previous Snapdragon products and standby power of less than 10 milliwatts.
"This latest addition to the growing family of Snapdragon chipsets will help our customers to develop faster, more power-efficient smartphones and smartbooks," said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, in the statement. "This new 45 nm device shows our continued commitment to extending the capabilities of the Snapdragon platform with leading-edge process technology and an expanded list of integrated features."
Qualcomm added that the new QSD8650A chipset also offers a high level of integration, faster bus speed, multi-mode UMTS and CDMA 3G mobile broadband connectivity in the same 15 x 15 mm package as current Snapdragon sets.
The 2D graphics accelerator and enhanced 3D graphics core offer better multimedia performance of Adobe Flash software, Qualcomm said. The chipset also features built-in GPS with high-definition video recording and playback, Bluetooth 2.1 and support for Wi-Fi, high-resolution WXGA displays and mobile TV technologies like MediaFLO, DVB-H and ISDB-T.
The new Snapdragon QSD8650A chipset joins a Snapdragon family that already includes the original 1GHz QSD8x50 chipsets and the 45nm QSD8672 chipset with dual CPUs that can offer up to 1.5 GHz for fast response and processing.
Qualcomm said more than 15 manufacturers are developing more than 30 Snapdragon-based products. The first product to market is the Toshiba TG01 smartphone, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.
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