Smart mobile SoCs: Qualcomm
April 18, 2012
Don DingeeIn the opener to this series, I alluded to a company designing their own approach, and it goes way beyond the graphics core in their solution. Qualcomm is unique in a holistic approach to a smart mobile device with their vertically integrated chipset, the Snapdragon S4.
By integrating the CPU cores, graphics core, modem, and DSP cores in a single device, and optimizing interconnects between cores and power management across the device, the Snapdragon S4 takes a systems approach with strong benefits for OEMs.
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