Qualcomm has announced a new member for its family of Snapdragon 800 processors – the Snapdragon 805 – designed to deliver the highest-quality mobile graphics, video and imaging at Ultra HD (4K) resolution.
Featuring a Krait 450 quad-core CPU with each core clocked at a maximum of 2.5GHz and an Adreno 420 GPU that offers over 40 percent more graphics processing than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 805 processor not only brings system-level 4K video capture and playback, Ultra HD support, and enhanced dual camera Image Signal Processors (ISPs), but also delivers superior multitasking and performance and is highly power efficient.
Vendors would be able to integrate the Snapdragon 805 with either the Qualcomm Gobi MDM9x25 or the Gobi MDM9x35 modem for a seamless connected mobile experience. The SoC can also integrate with 2-stream dual-band Qualcomm VIVE 802.11ac for wireless 4K video streaming and other media-intensive applications.
Murthy Renduchintala, executive vice president, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and co-president, QCT, said, “We’re delivering the mobile industry’s first truly end-to-end Ultra HD solution, and coupled with our industry leading Gobi LTE modems and RF transceivers, streaming and watching content at 4K resolution will finally be possible.”
Qualcomm is currently sampling the Snapdragon 805 and mobile devices with the SoC should be available as early as first half of 2014.
