Qualcomm details Snapdragon 200 and 400: power to the masses

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 and 400 have already been announced, but today we first get to hear about the capabilities of the new low and mid-range solutions for smartphones and tablets.

After officially detailing the Snapdragon 600 (the chip that powers the HTC Oneand might power the Samsung Galaxy S IV) and Snapdragon 800 (an even more powerful piece of silicon that will likely arrive around the middle of the year), Qualcomm now jumps to the low and mid-end.

As you’d imagine, the higher the number, the more capable the chip, and the Snapdragon 400 is the more powerful of the two.

Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 400 will ship in two versions.

The first one will feature a dual-core Krait processor that can be clocked to as much as 1.7Ghz and supporting Asynchronous Symmetric Multiprocessing (aSMP).

The second Snapdragon 400 variation will run on a quad-core Cortex A7 setup with each core supporting clock speeds of up to 1.4GHz.

Both will be able to capture and play back 1080p videos, include Adreno 305 graphics, fast LPDDR2 or 3 RAM memory and Dual SIM Dual Standby, and HSPA+ at 42Mbps. The Snapdragon 400 will support the Miracast streaming standard.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 is the entry-level chip, with a quad-core Cortex-A5 setup running at 1.4GHz per core and Adreno 203 graphics.

The chip supports up to 8-megapixel cameras, HD video playback and again Dual SIM Dual Standby connectivity.

Those are definitely strong moves for Qualcomm which has to fight against a bunch of cheaper silicon from China’s MediaTek and others. Hit the press release below for the full details.

source: Qualcomm