Qualcomm has announced its first ever 64-bit mobile processor, Snapdragon 410, based on ARM Cortex A53.
Qualcomm revealed that the Snapdragon 410 is targeted at high-volume markets including China and supports LTE world-mode making it compatible with both TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE networks. Also known as the MSM8916, the 410 has been developed using 28nm LP manufacturing process and packs four cores each clocked at 1.2GHz+.
The number of the new chip falls in line with Qualcomm’s 400 series of mobile processors indicating that the Snapdragon 410 will be used to power low-end devices. The 410 also packs an Adreno 306 GPU.
Qualcomm revealed that the Snapdragon 410 is one of the several chips that the company is targeting to launch and it will help it to transition the mobile ecosystem to 64-bit processing.
Jeff Lorbeck, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Qualcomm Technologies, China said, “We are excited to bring 4G LTE to highly affordable smartphones at a sub $150 price point with the introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor.”
Sampling of the new chip should commence as early as first half of 2014 and smartphones powered by the 410 should hit shelves worldwide in the second half of the same year.
The Snapdragon 410 supports full HD video recording capabilities, up to 13-megapixel cameras, both dual and triple SIM setups, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, NFC, GPS, GLONASS, China’s BeiDou, and all major mobile operating systems including Android, Windows Phone and Firefox OS.
