Qualcomm 10 nanometer chip 骁 835 officially debut! Power AR/VR

The annual consumer electronics conference (CES) will be held in Las Vegas on May 8-8, and this year's CES 2017 will be spurred by Qualcomm, the leader of the baseband chip maker. Prior to the opening, Qualcomm officially announced the new generation of flagship processor Snapdragon 835 (Zhenlong 835) and AR / VR, Internet of Things, car networking and other layouts.

CES 2017 is about to start, and the baseband chip maker Qualcomm announced the details of the new generation flagship processor Snapdragon 835 on the 4th. The Snapdragon 835 adopts the Samsung 10-nm FinFET process and is equipped with the Gigabit transmission grade X16 LTE modem chip. Supports 2&TImes; 2 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5, and optional 802.11ad for MulTI-gigabit.

In addition to emphasizing that the package size is 35% smaller than the previous generation processor and the power consumption is reduced by 25%, the Snapdragon 835 can make the mobile phone thinner and extend the battery life. The Snapdragon 835 has strengthened its image processing and camera capabilities for its own visual processing. The system Adreno has made a number of upgrades, including the new Adreno 540 GPU and the Qualcomm Spectra 180 Image Signal Processor (ISP). In the case of Qualcomm Spectra 180, it has two 14-bit image signal processors that can drive 32 million pixel single lens and 16 million pixels to enhance the current smartphone pixel level. In addition, it also enhances optical zoom and autofocus capabilities in photography. , and optimized HDR effects. The first new aircraft equipped with the Snapdragon 835 is expected to debut in the first half of 2017.

But this time, the flagship processor of Qualcomm, a mobile phone chip, is not only focused on mobile phones, but more importantly, it is expanding in the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets. The Snapdragon 835 is designed to meet AR/VR requirements in terms of thermal limits and power efficiency, while supporting the Google mobile VR platform Daydream, as well as improved sound and visual quality. 3D rendering performance is improved by 25%, while the Adreno 540 vision processing subsystem supports up to 60x chroma enhancements, and supports 4K Ultra HD audio and video playback, 3D scene sound, plus the ability to handle sensor fusion technology. Spatial positioning of degrees of freedom (6DoF).

â–² Comparison of Xiaolong 820 (left) and Xiaolong 835 (right) and 1 cent (Source: Qualcomm )

At the same time as the details of the Snapdragon 835 were announced, Qualcomm and the US-based Mixed Reality (MR) manufacturer ODG released two MR smart glasses R-8 and R-9, using the Snapdragon 835 processor. The R-8 and R-9 fields can only reach 40 degrees and 50 degrees respectively. R-8 is mainly used for movies, sports and games education, but emphasizes that it is lighter than other devices, while R-9 is used as consumption. More importantly, it can be used as a development platform for Mobile AR/VR, both of which have hardware acceleration and visual inerTIal odometry capabilities. It is also unexpected to become the first to apply the new Snapdragon 835 chip application.

On the same day, Qualcomm also announced the development of the Internet of Vehicles and the Internet of Things. Based on the X16 LTE modem, the vehicle networking reference design platform was launched to provide automakers with a download speed of 1 Gbps on the telematics and connection lines. At the same time, it revealed that Verizon, a US telecommunications operator, will use the Verizon-based IoT application development platform ThingSpace to promote the IoT module and development kit, simplifying the application of IoT deployment in asset management, industrial automation, wearable devices, and smart cities.