![]() ![]() ![]() Los Angeles, CA, Aug– Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm Introduces Next-Generation GPU Architecture and Image Signal Processor for the Ultimate Graphics and Mobile Camera Experience- New Custom Adreno 5xx GPU and Spectra ISP Bring the Most Advanced Visual Processing Technology to Snapdragon Processors. As to the titular Adreno 510? All we were told is that it won't feature the fancy new Spectra ISP, and that it will be in the upcoming Snapdragon 620 and 618 chips. You can see more information in the slides below, as well as in the press release. Other details were light, though Qualcomm has never been particularly forthcoming about its GPU hardware technology and designs. The Adreno 530 has the kind of standards support you'd expect of a high-end GPU in 2016 - Miracast 4K30, HDMI 2.0 at 4K60, the new Vulkan graphics API slated for support in Android, OpenGL ES 3.1, and Open CL 2.0. Should phone OEMs choose to take advantage of them, of course. The abilities of the new Spectra image signal processor (only in the Adreno 530) and related software advances were a key point during Qualcomm's presentation, with the company claiming a number of improvements to image processing across multiple fronts.Įnhanced noise reduction ready for the newest generation of mobile image sensors (which the 820 can support at up to 25MP or dual 13MP sensors simultaneously), "zig zag" video HDR capture support, more intelligent correction of lens and sensor aberrations, and increased autofocus performance are all potential benefits. Qualcomm claims the newest Adreno is a significant overhaul compared to the 400 series chips, with improvements across the board on the graphics and image processing stacks, as well in how the GPU is able to work with the CPU in more and more meaningful ways. Qualcomm claims some of the gains are from an all-new GPU power manager, but a good chunk of that is also likely derived from the smaller FinFET process being used across the 820 SoC. Of course, just how these gains will play out in real world battery life and performance remains to be seen. The latter is obviously of great interest for battery life during GPU intensive activities like gaming or video and image editing. While the rest of Snapdragon 820 is still largely under wraps, the new Adreno 530 was described to us in a short presentation, with the major figures to take away being a 40% increase in speed over the Adreno 430, along with a 40% decrease in power consumption under the same workload. Qualcomm also confirmed that Snapdragon 820 devices will be available starting in the first half of 2016 - all but ruling out the chip in rumored Nexus devices launching this fall (unless, of course, they're not launching until next year). Qualcomm is promising more on its flagship chipset over the coming months, culminating in devices running the 820 hitting store shelves in the first half of 2016.Qualcomm's new Adreno 530 GPU won't be something you'll find in any phone until next year, but nonetheless the newer, better, faster GPU powering the upcoming Snapdragon 820 chipset was detailed (well, lightly detailed) at SIGGRAPH 2015 this week. It’s clear they’re leaving nothing to chance this time around. Connectivity is still to be explained, and most importantly how the processor architecture will be handled given some of the high-profile challenges and compromises Qualcomm has faced with its recent Snapdragon chipsets, all eyes are on what they do to handle things like power consumption, heat output, and overall efficiency. Of course, there’s more to Snapdragon 820 than its graphics, but Qualcomm isn’t spilling all the details in one fell swoop. “Some of the earlier display controllers out there, they had a dedicated microcrontroller in there which was pretty chintzy,” Leland says, whereas Qualcomm’s will not only support things like selective contrast boosting for improved outdoor visibility across both LCD and OLED panels, and using touch with wet fingers, but handing over more elaborate processing needs to one of the more power-efficient “Little” cores in the 820.
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